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- My brothers and our friends had varying abilities when it came to football.†
p. 32.8 *varying = differing; or changing
- The Ouachita River varies from a small, crystal-clear stream flowing over the rugged rocks of the Ouachita Mountains in southwest Arkansas to a muddy, turgid, intermingled flood where it joins the Red River just before emptying into the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana.†
p. 93.8varies = differs; or changes
Definitions:
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(vary) to be different, or to changeVary is often used to describe small differences or changes--especially about things of the same type. It would be more common to say "The weight of full-grown elephants varies depending upon diet and other factors," than to say "The weight of elephants varies from that of mice."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)