Adjective He has lived in places as various as New York and Beijing. for their various and bizarrely shaped plumage, males of the bird of paradise species have few rivals
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School districts are vulnerable targets for various reasons, including a preference for using funding for needs other than cybersecurity, and because online systems have to provide for public access. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 John Moore, an immunologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, has argued, for various technical reasons, that predictions of the efficacy of the new bivalent vaccine are uncertain. Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022 Kyle buried himself last week for various reasons and the houseguests prep for a double eviction. Rodney Ho, ajc, 5 Sep. 2022 Haddish is featured as the mom who repeatedly leaves her son alone with Spears for various reasons. Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022 Residents, for various reasons, weren’t receptive to his plans, and they were getting organized this week. Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Sep. 2022 Blue Shield of California also gives back, contributing $120 million over the last three years through the Blue Shield Foundation to various community efforts to help the disadvantaged. Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 There’s various reasons why union membership has declined drastically. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 Most were transported out of Afghanistan with promises that they would eventually be resettled in the U.S., but, for various reasons, that hasn’t happened. Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Latin varius "having contrasting colors, of different kinds, changeable" (of uncertain origin) + Middle English -ous, -os-ous