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Recent Examples of variously
In June, Figure AI, a humanoid-robotics startup, released a sixty-minute video of its prototype humanoid nimbly sorting variously sized parcels, the kind of work that’s easy for humans but challenging for machines.
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
It’s been variously associated with phone addiction, disinformation, and zombie-like hyper-superficiality.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2025
In 1993, Crumb and I collaborated on a book variously known as Kafka for Beginners, Introducing Kafka, or just plain Kafka, which has since been translated into about 20 languages.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
In this sense, American politics may come to resemble Ukraine’s in the 1990s and early 2000s, which oscillated between democracy and competitive authoritarianism as pro-European or pro-Russian forces variously controlled the executive branch.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
It’s been variously associated with phone addiction, disinformation, and zombie-like hyper-superficiality.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2025
In 1993, Crumb and I collaborated on a book variously known as Kafka for Beginners, Introducing Kafka, or just plain Kafka, which has since been translated into about 20 languages.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
In this sense, American politics may come to resemble Ukraine’s in the 1990s and early 2000s, which oscillated between democracy and competitive authoritarianism as pro-European or pro-Russian forces variously controlled the executive branch.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variously
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With the litigation settlement, there will be no power sharing among a group of diversely opinionated siblings.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.—
Stephanie Armour,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Two months later, her heart began to beat irregularly.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In our view, Boise State and San Diego State, in particular, had grown weary of subsidizing the lower-value, sporadically competitive schools in the Mountain West.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Everyone’s blood sugar levels sporadically spike, and that’s normal, but keeping it steady helps prevent energy crashes, hunger pangs, and mood swings, Dardarian says.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Outside,
4 Feb. 2026
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For every Granada and Da Barbara that have established a consistent schedule, dozens more operate infrequently.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The city doesn’t have snow plows to clear roads given how infrequently winter weather events occur each year.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
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Your sign’s financial sector has reactive influences, and good decisions are seldom made when Universal stars are underwater.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The program includes Howard Hanson’s Romantic Symphony, a beautiful and seldom-heard symphony by an American composer.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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School photos are rarely acceptable without a release from the photographer.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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And while tensions on the Korean Peninsula often capture global headlines, these issues rarely affect daily life in Seoul.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Variously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variously. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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