as in diverse
being not of the same kind
disparate notions among adults and adolescents about when middle age begins
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Recent Examples of disparate
AlphaEarth weaves together disparate data streams, from satellite imagery and sensor data to geotagged Wikipedia entries, into a unified digital representation that scientists can probe to uncover patterns unfolding worldwide.
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Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
Desperate to get the family together one last time, Madea gathers all of her disparate relatives, most of whom have never been seen in previous films.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
The reason why Spencer Cox has gotten so much attention in these days is because his voice seems so disparate from the louder voices that are immediately latching on to this terrible event, and attacking each other, and casting blame without finding ways to calm the temperature down.
—NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Even so, the original score by Mary Komasa and Antoni Komasa Lazarkiewicz, supplemented by sadcore indie tracks by Trupa Trupa, is a presence throughout, acting like a sonic glue that holds the chronologically disparate sequences of the film together while adding a distinct modernity to the tone.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025
Desperate to get the family together one last time, Madea gathers all of her disparate relatives, most of whom have never been seen in previous films.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
The reason why Spencer Cox has gotten so much attention in these days is because his voice seems so disparate from the louder voices that are immediately latching on to this terrible event, and attacking each other, and casting blame without finding ways to calm the temperature down.
—NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
Even so, the original score by Mary Komasa and Antoni Komasa Lazarkiewicz, supplemented by sadcore indie tracks by Trupa Trupa, is a presence throughout, acting like a sonic glue that holds the chronologically disparate sequences of the film together while adding a distinct modernity to the tone.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disparate
Adjective
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One such story is that the island has always been a diverse, cosmopolitan place.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In fact, ecosystems with diverse wildlife often support a wide variety of parasites, because these organisms rely on specific hosts to survive!—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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These gains appeared across different growing conditions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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That's because nudity can take on drastically different meanings.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s no barbecue in Georgia quite like Fresh Air’s, and no restaurant better represents the state’s storied and distinctive style.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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The brands that survive won’t be the most polished—they’ll be the most distinctive.—
Erik Huberman,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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After the very recent birth of their child, Un has taken a break from the all-consuming demands of restaurateuring to attend to the entirely distinct all-consuming demands of early parenthood.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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After monitoring them for two years, the researchers directly observed the birth of two different species of males with distinct genomes from a single queen.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Disparate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disparate. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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