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Six example sentences with variant, each labelled with its topic.
Speedrunners found a variant of the standard opening that skips the tutorial cave and saves almost forty seconds.
Gaming
The lab sequenced a variant of the flu virus that differed from last winter's strain by only a handful of mutations.
Science
Every village along the coast makes its own variant of the fish stew, swapping saffron for paprika or adding a spoon of vinegar.
Cooking
The fiddler played a variant of the reel with an extra bar in the second part, learned from her grandfather.
Music
Scholars found a variant of the poem's final stanza in a manuscript that swaps two lines and one adjective.
Literature
The coach installed a variant of the pick-and-roll in which the screener slips to the corner instead of rolling.
Basketball
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