variants

noun

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plural of variant
as in variations

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  1. variations
  2. deviations
  3. mutations
Noun
  • Temperature lows will approach freezing across much of the state starting Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, with variations depending on the region.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
  • As the complaint acknowledges, in other cases where states, racetracks, state racing commissions, breeders and other groups argued the HISA Act violated the constitution, some courts have rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments or variations of them.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of variations
Noun
  • One of the main deviations from Wright’s book came in the character of Bigger Thomas.
    Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Those are the deviations around the trend line.
    Korok Ray, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of deviations
Noun
  • The infected have undergone terrifying mutations and expose the depths of humanity’s struggle to endure.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But things are very different and dangerous on the mainland where time has given rise to all sorts of new mutations in the infected.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 10 Dec. 2024
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