Tadge Juechter will remain executive chief engineer for Global Corvette and will continue to lead the team as new variants hit the market.
GM shifts Corvette engineering team to its electric and autonomous vehicle programs|Kirsten Korosec|August 28, 2020|TechCrunch
A smattering of all water molecules on Earth contain a heavy variant of hydrogen known as deuterium.
Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought|Christopher Crockett|August 27, 2020|Science News
About a quarter of elite controllers have genetic variants in key immune system genes that may help them get a handle on the virus, says Joseph Wong, a virologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
In a first, a person’s immune system fought HIV — and won|Tina Hesman Saey|August 26, 2020|Science News
Not all close variants are poor matches, but many do see meaningfully different performance than true exact and phrase matches on the non-brand side.
2020 Google paid search trends that have nothing to do with the pandemic|Andy Taylor|August 25, 2020|Search Engine Land
For example, a promising pro-youth gene variant can be genetically edited into mice using CRISPR or some other tool.
The Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is in the Genes of the Oldest Humans Alive|Shelly Fan|August 10, 2020|Singularity Hub
All of these will end with some variant of the following: Ms. Pembreteaux laughed, then shrugged.
Let’s Lay Out the Odds on Your Crazy Summer|Kelly Williams Brown|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If these books are indeed Great American Novels—a distinct category, a variant of excellence—they are generally big in every way.
C.E. Morgan: ‘Light in August’ is Faulkner’s Great American Novel|C.E. Morgan|August 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The variant of malaria prevalent in Northern malarial zones like the Po Valley was enfeebling, but not lethal.
David's Book Club: The Conquest of Malaria|David Frum|July 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
These were the expensive Austrian variant: the sleek silver-and-blue cans that cost roughly $1.50 each.
In Afghanistan, a Boom in Red Bull|Mujib Mashal|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Dutch variant appeared in 2010 on the VPRO website – a self-described liberal-Protestant network.
Dutch Board Game Lets You Settle Canaan|Peter Beinart|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Each chief has three bands on the cheek, but with variant colors and patterns.
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains|Unknown
Where the printed text introduces a hyphen at end-of-line, the hyphen is retained only if that variant is otherwise predominant.
West African studies|Mary Henrietta Kingsley
To vary their menu they now engaged in a locust haul, the result of which was to supply a third variant to the bill of fare.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V (of VI)|Louis Creswicke
Al-Bīrūnī was probably the first; noteworthy is also Johannes Hispalensis, who gives the variant forms for seven and four.
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals|David Eugene Smith
Needless to point out, that we have here a variant of the widespread tale of the man and the snake.
Rumanian Bird and Beast Stories|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for variant
variant
/ (ˈvɛərɪənt) /
adjective
liable to or displaying variation
differing from a standard or typea variant spelling
obsoletenot constant; fickle
noun
something that differs from a standard or type
statistics another word for variate (def. 1)
Word Origin for variant
C14: via Old French from Latin variāns, from variāre to diversify, from variusvarious