VARIANT Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

variant 1 of 2

adjective

as in various

able to be distinguished in some way from others of the same kind variant strains of a disease variant points of view

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Relevance

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variant

2 of 2

noun

as in variation

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Noun

More data and studies are also needed to determine whether the XEC variant is more or less likely to cause severe COVID symptoms and outcomes than current and previous variants. —

Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 Amazon has recently been expanding a variant of its contract delivery program that has contract drivers deliver smaller loads of packages in Kia Souls, rather than larger cargo vans. —

Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 12 Sep. 2024 The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across four vinyl variants (which combined to sell 8,500 copies), two CD variants and a Blu-ray Audio configuration. —

Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2024 Two Model Variants: o1-Preview and o1-Mini OpenAI has released two variants: o1-preview and o1-mini. —

Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for variant

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