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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Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
The flight program could potentially even include docking two Starships in orbit to demonstrate propellant transfer, and even an uncrewed demo of the Starship Human Landing System, a lunar variant of Starship, that is to be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission in mid-2027.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The researchers also inferred that these ancient American variants of the bacteria shared a common ancestor that dates to 9,000 years ago at most—when some early humans had already migrated from Siberia to the Americas.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The Omicron variant first was detected in late 2021 and has remained the dominant variant since then.
—Dave Wessner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Other variants or related algorithms can have their own package.
—Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
The flight program could potentially even include docking two Starships in orbit to demonstrate propellant transfer, and even an uncrewed demo of the Starship Human Landing System, a lunar variant of Starship, that is to be used for NASA's Artemis 3 mission in mid-2027.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
The researchers also inferred that these ancient American variants of the bacteria shared a common ancestor that dates to 9,000 years ago at most—when some early humans had already migrated from Siberia to the Americas.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The Omicron variant first was detected in late 2021 and has remained the dominant variant since then.
—Dave Wessner, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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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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Australia committed $110 million to Tuvalu for various infrastructure projects, including coastal adaptation and telecommunications, and established a special visa pathway allowing up to 280 Tuvaluans per year to live, work, and study in Australia.Amy Pope, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Certified by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC), the movement exceeds industry standards for accuracy, with a daily rate variation of -2/+4 seconds.Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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This is an important distinction because year-to-year variations in the precipitation that falls during the winter wet season don’t substantially change the abundance of plants in forests.Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2025
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Some of the bills filed in the last week, including several by Republicans, would eliminate the public benefit charge without explaining exactly how that could be done.Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2025
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But the detectives never learned — until Wallace told them — that Wallace worked with several of the women at a Taco Bell on Sharon Amity Road; that one of his victims was the roommate of his then-girlfriend, while another, Brandi Henderson, lived with one of his best friends.Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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If the mutations accumulate slowly, symptoms might not arrive until their 50s, 60s or beyond.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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With this new study, the research team was trying to determine if these outliers were a result of mutations caused by the fallout of the Chornobyl disaster.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
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There’s room to coexist because Hollywood delivers different content, but caution remains about what will and will not work.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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Other companies have found different ways to cut nicotine levels.Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
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The system can detect a deviation from a forecast, for example, and yet understand that the deviation is in an allowable range and that an alert does not have to be generated.Steve Banker, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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There may be slight deviations from the podcast audio.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Some are contracted by insurance companies and other times are hired directly by affluent homeowners.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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This year’s Goodspeed Festival of New Works, Jan. 17-19, is happening primarily at Goodspeed Musical’s other theater space, the Terris Theatre in Chester.Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Variant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variant. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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