as in diversity
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types
the cultural heterogeneity of its residents is a point of pride for the city
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At a more basic level, maps of protein expression in Alzheimer’s patients could help researchers better capture the disease’s heterogeneity.
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Rohan Rajeev, STAT, 28 June 2024
Rainbow Cone might be the apex, with refreshing orange sorbet at the top, the Palmer House flavor adding heterogeneity through cherries and walnuts in the middle, and a solid chocolate base.
—Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2024
The two distinguishing aspects of Hondo’s work are heterogeneity and rhetoric.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
The notion of centrally orchestrated propaganda seemed to contradict the essence of what the United States was seeking to promote: namely, liberal institutions, creative liberties, cultural heterogeneity, and unfettered freedom of thought.
—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
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Rohan Rajeev, STAT, 28 June 2024
Rainbow Cone might be the apex, with refreshing orange sorbet at the top, the Palmer House flavor adding heterogeneity through cherries and walnuts in the middle, and a solid chocolate base.
—Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2024
The two distinguishing aspects of Hondo’s work are heterogeneity and rhetoric.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
The notion of centrally orchestrated propaganda seemed to contradict the essence of what the United States was seeking to promote: namely, liberal institutions, creative liberties, cultural heterogeneity, and unfettered freedom of thought.
—Suzanne Nossel, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Heterogeneity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heterogeneity. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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