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• n  a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  he had a variety of disorders
• n  noticeable heterogeneity
  the range and variety of his work is amazing
• n  (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics
• n  a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances
• n  a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
• n  a difference that is usually pleasant
  he goes to France for variety

• By 1900, black peppered moths outnumbered the speckled variety by 99 to 1.
• Earlier versions of this story erroneously stated that a variety of basmati rice developed by RiceTec of Alvin, Texas was genetically engineered.
• When the business began to emerge in the early '60s, Walton was a fairly rich merchant in his 40s, operating some 15 variety stores spread mostly around Arkansas, Missouri and .

• assortment
• mixture
• mixed bag
• miscellany
• miscellanea
• salmagundi
• smorgasbord
• potpourri
• motley
• diverseness
• diversity
• multifariousness
• variety show
• kind
• sort
• form
• change

News & Articles

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• Variety of religious speakers this summer at Chautauqua
  The 2013 season at Chautauqua starts next Saturday, and the religious lineup includes a variety of faces.
  June 15, 2013 - Erie Times-News
• Gadsden Variety customers sad about store's decision to close
  Shoppers roamed the aisles of Gadsden Variety Friday afternoon looking for their favorite items and taking advantage of a 20 percent inventory sale, following the announcement this week that the store is closing.
  June 14, 2013 - The Gadsden Times
• Colorado Variety Show: Stiltwalkers, jugglers, belly dancers -- even a unicycle striptease!
  They juggle and dance, bend spoons and balance on unicycles, but they do it as a family. One big tattooed, pierced, waxed and bejeweled family. Call them what you want - cabaret kids, sideshow freaks, illusionists, off-beat entertainers - but Colorado's variety performers are a tight-knit group.
  June 14, 2013 - Denver Post

Quotes

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• Dana Perino in Reuters UK
  The Constitution leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating [handgun violence], including some measures regulating handguns : [b]ut the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the... Antonin Scalia http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Scalia&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEEHFsq01t19pfPD89FYst0ejm6uA Mineral Wells Index http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/local/local_story_179091041.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEiZKAr4KHkKkLThL0FrjiUSEET7w Jun 27, 2008 107227 140487 variety We in no way want to stir the pot and make China feel that we are poking a stick in their eye, to a country that we have ...... a good relationship on a variety of issues," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
• Lee Rocker in Kiowa County Signal
  We mix it up, and use different combinations, duo, trio, and quartet,Rocker said. "We love to have a lot of variety in our shows."