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Synonyms & Antonyms for various
Synonyms: Adjective
chromatic, colored, colorful, kaleidoscopic, motley, multicolored, multihued, polychromatic, polychrome, prismatic, rainbow, varicolored, varied, variegated
Antonyms: Adjective
monochromatic, monochromic, monotone, self-colored, solid
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Examples of various in a Sentence
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 rivalsRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
In a March document released by OFAC, the Trump administration laid out the various deceptive shipping practices conducted by the Iranian al-Quds forces. — Fox News, "US Treasury sanctions tanker filled with Iranian oil after Fox News report," 4 Sep. 2019 Play games and complete missions to get through the colorful maze, which depicts various ecosystems. — Web Behrens, chicagotribune.com, "Labor Day is over, time to start planning for fall. Here’s a list of awesome family activities around Chicago.," 4 Sep. 2019 Cilla Carden, a massage therapist, has taken her neighbors to court multiple times, beginning in August 2017, over various claims, including the meat, the sound of scraping chairs, noisy pet birds, and reflective light, the Guardian reports. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, "Vegan Woman Sued Her Neighbors for Barbecuing Meat in Their Backyard: 'It's Been Devastating'," 4 Sep. 2019 The eerie doppelgängers can be seen in various positions across the town—fishermen sitting on the riverbank, students filling entire classrooms, elderly couples resting on benches outside of buildings. — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, "Creepy Catacombs, Islands of Dolls, and 18 Other Terrifying Places for Thrill Seekers," 4 Sep. 2019 Hirscher also won seven world titles in various disciplines and clinched two gold medals in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018 to add to a silver from Sochi four years earlier. — Rob Hodgetts, CNN, "Austrian ski racing great Marcel Hirscher retires," 4 Sep. 2019 Her ingenuity and innovativeness has helped her win various awards, accolades and recognition over the years. — Ashley Rushford, Essence, "ESSENCE Best In Black Fashion Awards: Meet These International Designers On The Rise," 4 Sep. 2019 From this perch, U.S. officials spurred a number of resolutions focused on revealing human rights abuses in various nations, including Iran, Syria, Sudan, and North Korea. — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, "The Fog of Intervention," 4 Sep. 2019 And, in more recent years, the company has used various forms of hybrid power in its race and street cars. — NBC News, "Porsche unveils all-electric Taycan sports car," 4 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'various.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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