variously

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Recent Examples of variously Western scholars also variously understand the concept of brahman in the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta as a version of monism (the oneness of all things), pantheism (all is god), or panentheism (god is the whole universe and beyond). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 This shift occasioned the profligate production that would mark her oeuvre, with Kusama going on to make hundreds of paintings in which forests of lines and dots cradled variously floral and phallic figures. — News Desk, Artforum, 27 Aug. 2026 Commenters likened Stevens’s delivery, variously, to that of a Depression-era baseball coach and a bad Chris Farley impersonator. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Trump has variously said, at different times, that the goal of the campaign is to degrade Iran’s missile capabilities and navy, prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons, and end Iran’s support of its regional proxy network. — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for variously
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Adverb
  • Those folks who stayed home, however, missed a diversely entertaining evening of rock ‘n’ roll from three bands who each hail from different realms of the classic rock world.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Five rounds of testing accumulated more than 18,000 miles in order to land on a solution for diversely challenging terrain, including wet rock and wet dirt.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Lightly pinch the butter pieces into the flour mixture, just enough to create an irregularly crumbly mixture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The unrest follows an unprecedented surge on July 30 and 31, when more than 72,000 migrants irregularly crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, one of the European Union’s two land borders with Africa.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Hogan added that the market could experience more trading days like this sporadically over the coming months if sentiment remains subdued amid tensions in the Middle East.
    — Sean Conlon, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Bators died in 1990, but the group sporadically reunited and toured in the decades after.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The food is familiar, indulgent, and probably best consumed infrequently.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Worst flash floods in Arizona history Flash flooding is a threat in the Southwest but only infrequently turns deadly.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The Dolphins seldom ran sneaks with Tua Tagovailoa because of his limited size and history of concussions and other injuries.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For the Dodgers, the worst tickets seldom fall to market rate, because the team would rather live with a few empty seats rather than condition fans to hold out for a lower price.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • These behaviors were rarely seen in the absence of cocaine, illustrating how a normally varied set of actions can become restricted to a persistent behavioral pattern, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • With 1,884 yards, 18 touchdowns and only one interception while completing 75% of his passes this season, Orange High’s junior quarterback has rarely faltered when dropping back.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Variously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variously. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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