as in various
being of many and various kinds
the multifarious interests and activities in which Benjamin Franklin immersed himself
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Recent Examples of multifarious
The multifarious New Delhi collective devours genres with similar aplomb, taking nibbles from psychedelia, indie-rock, pop, jazz, and more on Beta.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024
This grand gathering was dignified by the presence of key luminaries drawn from multifarious sectors.
—Gorgeous Beauty, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
Released in 1956, the half-hour film exposed an international audience to photographic evidence of the multifarious horrors of the camps.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Voters’ views tend to be multifarious and vary by age group.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024
This grand gathering was dignified by the presence of key luminaries drawn from multifarious sectors.
—Gorgeous Beauty, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
Released in 1956, the half-hour film exposed an international audience to photographic evidence of the multifarious horrors of the camps.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Voters’ views tend to be multifarious and vary by age group.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multifarious
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The 30-year-old has been linked to several AL East clubs at various times this winter, including the Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Eventually, those rights coalesced under the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd., which is overseen by various family members.Alec Nevala-Lee, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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His hysterical and paranoid tenor made this easy to dismiss as excuse-making for his difficulties governing in his first term and his myriad legal problems.Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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With less than a week left of Biden’s presidency, myriad other groups are still lobbying to see other areas become park units.Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mbira tunes seem to play on forever; to ears not used to the music, mbira songs seem to blend seamlessly into one another, moving in manifold directions at once—to an ancient past, a related song, but also stretching into the morning, when the mbira party ends.Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Aside from the effects of the pandemic, the causes of absenteeism are manifold, Tosé said.Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Multifarious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multifarious. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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