variously

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Recent Examples of variously Other variously tart or poignant vignettes outline Mojtaba’s generally uneasy interactions with other colleagues or clients in the ex-Iranian community. Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Aug. 2025 She is described, variously, as quirky, impassive, naive, vulgar, blithely optimistic. Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025 An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025 Its political developments are variously seen as a sign of democracy’s consolidation, as a harbinger of global democratic backsliding, as a beacon of tolerance or of economic development, or as an example of the dangers posed by rising Islamic extremism or protectionism. Ben Bland, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for variously
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Adverb
  • With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Both moons are irregularly shaped.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Sheen has since laid low, and claims to be sober and to have straightened his life out — even appearing sporadically in film and TV roles.
    Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The group has reunited only sporadically since then, including notably for the 2007 Celebration Day concert in London, but a full reunion never materialized.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Sweep guest rooms, guest bathrooms, formal entertaining spaces, and other parts of the home that are used infrequently at least once a month.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Always water deeply but infrequently.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • One silent element to the transfer portal that is seldom discussed, but important to the athletes, is those pesky classes.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • When an employer terminates, or is found to have terminated, an employee without cause, the contract (outside of the unionized setting) seldom entitles the employee to ger her job back.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • And while most teams don’t want to be defined by their running game, Hubbard rarely loses yardage with the ball.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The actions reduced the company’s share count by about half and nearly doubled Ellison’s stake in the company to 41%—because Ellison held onto his shares over the years, rarely selling.
    Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Variously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variously. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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