In a sentence
Six example sentences with variation, each labelled with its topic.
The composer wrote a slow variation on the folk tune, keeping its shape but moving it into a minor key.
Music
Daily variation in the reef's temperature reached four degrees, far more than the annual average had ever suggested.
Science
Bakers accept some variation between loaves, since the same dough rises differently in a warm kitchen and a cold one.
Cooking
Daily variation in the exchange rate was small, rarely more than half a percent, until the election week.
Finance
The variation in her heart rate between rest and effort shrank as she trained, a sign the body was adapting.
Fitness
Seasonal variation in the river's flow is enormous, from a trickle in August to a torrent in April.
Environment
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