Sample sentences for DIVERSITY

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Definition

the condition of variety — especially in reference to members of a population group who are of different races or cultures

diversity = the condition of variety

diversity = variety (differences amongst things of the same type)

The school says diversity is a priority, but 98% of their tenured professors identify themselves with the same political party.
the principle lives on in all its human and absurd diversity.
Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man

diversity = variety

Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains,
And more diversity of sounds, all horrible,
William Shakespeare -- The Tempest

diversity = different kinds (a variety)

The first step is to agree that most people share the goal of true diversity, with many races competing freely and successfully.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen

diversity = the condition of variety

But the more racial strife they can report, the more the public questions what good any of this diversity brings.
Chang-rae Lee -- Native Speaker

diversity = the condition of variety — especially in reference to members of a population group who are of different races or cultures

...the slow process of unification in which the diversities of existence are utilized, and nothing, nothing is lost.
John Gardner -- Grendel

diversities = varieties

"Come," cried the inspector, laughing; "it's a very pretty diversity of opinion."
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

diversity = variety

Making its cities, beginnings, events, diversities, wars, vocal in him,
Walt Whitman -- Leaves of Grass

diversities = varieties

As diversity becomes the norm, in other words, people cease to focus on it.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United

diversity = the condition of variety

Industrialization has turned life into an industry and systematically destroys the essential diversity that provides richness to the human experience.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II

diversity = variety

the deeply thinking Brahman, who scorns diversity, who seeks unity.
Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha

diversity = the condition of variety

The diversity of the borough is extraordinary:
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

diversity = variety of people of different races and cultures

Our motto at Fairfield High is Diversity Breeds Knowledge,
Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry

diversity = the condition of variety — especially in reference to members of a population group who are of different races or cultures

Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless mutation that made the diversity of life on earth possible.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

diversity = variety

They did not look like the students at his old school; there was much more diversity sprinkled throughout these seats.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan

diversity = variety

This diversity, with many different types of crops, allowed the farmer to get by if prices fell for any one crop.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma

diversity = the condition of variety

Such ecological diversity sustained an astonishing diversity of plant and animal life.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

diversity = variety

Back in 10, he'd worked on one of the beef ranches, maintaining the genetic diversity of the herd with the implantation of long-frozen cow embryos.
Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay

diversity = variety

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