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variety

noun

və-ˈrī-ə-tē How to pronounce variety (audio)
Definition of varietynext
1
as in diversity
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types the sheer variety of the city's ethnic restaurants was dazzling

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2
as in assortment
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things every kitchen has a drawer crammed with a variety of things for which there just doesn't seem to be any other place

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3
as in type
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common I prefer movies of the horror variety

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Recent Examples of variety The Ukrainian president said that a variety of long-range munitions were used in the strikes. — David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 The campaign also urges moms to tap a variety of maternal mental health resources, such as online therapy platform BetterHelp and oPPal, a platform that intentionally matches new and expecting moms with seasoned moms. — Maressa Brown, Parents, 20 Sep. 2026 Over a weekend of remote talks, as the October 1 deadline for a $7 million a day ticking fee to WBD shareholders gets closer, a variety of items have been discussed. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2026 Attend a Guided Program The park hosts a wide variety of free programs throughout the year. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for variety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variety
  1. diversity
  2. assortment
  3. kind
  4. medley
  5. sort
  6. jumble
  7. stripe
  8. collage
Noun
  • This week, Levine Cava revealed a planned purge of the county staff working for volunteer Miami-Dade boards that promote diversity and activities aimed at different ethnic or racial groups.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Hegseth has also sought to restore tributes to Confederate soldiers and has attacked military diversity.
    — Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of diversity
Noun
  • For now, the court record describes a shipment declared as storage boxes, coolers and a chair that federal agents say instead contained firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and an assortment of unfinished receivers and other gun parts.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The assortment demonstrates that Celium can be cut, shaped and integrated into fashion, interiors and small accessories.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of assortment
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  • Allegheny Health Network put its emergency trauma center network to the test Thursday with a first-of-its-kind mock river rescue exercise for the network at Allegheny General Hospital.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • At a quantum level, though, these reductions are happening in jumps, and Safavi-Naeini’s team measured them in real time, a first-of-its-kind achievement.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of kind
Noun
  • Was Beyoncé’s Lemonade medley a new high point for award-show performances in general?
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The honorees typically perform a career-spanning medley of their greatest hits during the ceremony.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of medley
Noun
  • Films, pouches and other lightweight packaging can be difficult and expensive to collect, transport and sort, while multilayer constructions and contamination limit the material’s recycling options.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That type of turnaround seems quite improbable when a player seems as out of sorts as Bregman did, but sometimes the shape of a season is unpredictable.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sort
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of jumble
Noun
  • In their offices, the sweeping staircase is hung with padded crimson velvet, and a colorful Venetian glass chandelier refracts rainbow light in a dining room lined and curtained in dazzling Cruella DeVil zebra stripes.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
  • My favorite detail, aside from the side stripe, is the drawstring, which adds a cool retro touch.
    — Kim Grundy, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of stripe
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  • Larry Birkhead is celebrating his daughter's 20th birthday with a rare collage of photos.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The cut luxuriates in the pure sound of the songs that make up its collage.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
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“Variety.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variety. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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