In a sentence
Six example sentences with vary, each labelled with its topic.
Jazz players vary the melody every chorus, yet the tune stays recognizable to anyone who knew the original recording.
Music
Rainfall totals vary sharply along the ridge, though the same three tree species hold the whole slope together.
Environment
Prices vary by region without the product changing at all, which is why the catalog now prints a range.
Business
The stew varies with the season, taking squash in autumn and peas in spring, yet it is always the same dish.
Cooking
The point guard varies her tempo from possession to possession, though the offense itself never changes its shape.
Basketball
Coaches vary the warm-up each week to keep it fresh, but the ten minutes of easy jogging never disappears.
Fitness
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Found in these word lists
Found in 8 published word listsAuthoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)
- Business English Academic Word List
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)
- Medical Academic Word List
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)
- Science & Engineering English Corpus list
Each source is a published word list that contains vary. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.