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as in diversely
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as in irregularly
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The musical’s title refers to an actual intelligence caper, in 1943, which employed an anonymous corpse as a decoy Royal Marine; the story has been told, variously, in books and in a 2021 film.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
As a result, he’s ordered to attend an acting class, where students are instructed how to soften interactions with variously angry, frightened or confused patients.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces are variously set with brilliant diamonds, or with perfectly polished hard stones like jungle green malachite, midnight blue lapis lazuli or black onyx.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Image At the time, Lusaka, the tranquil-looking Zambian capital, teemed with representatives of liberation movements backed variously by the Soviet Union and China, along with Western spies who sought to track and subvert them.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
As a result, he’s ordered to attend an acting class, where students are instructed how to soften interactions with variously angry, frightened or confused patients.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
The earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces are variously set with brilliant diamonds, or with perfectly polished hard stones like jungle green malachite, midnight blue lapis lazuli or black onyx.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Image At the time, Lusaka, the tranquil-looking Zambian capital, teemed with representatives of liberation movements backed variously by the Soviet Union and China, along with Western spies who sought to track and subvert them.
—Alan Cowell, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variously
Adverb
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Johansson is married to SNL's Colin Jost and sporadically appears on the show as a host and in cameo appearances.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Many people develop the condition sporadically and without cause.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Also, Qatar has leaned into the luxury tourism segment, which seldom aligns with a green agenda.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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But baseball executives entering their walk year seldom receive the same kind of probing treatment.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Unfortunately, the two rarely see each other much these days.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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But even when there’s no drama, divorce is rarely clean.—
Ruhama Wolle,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Variously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variously. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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