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vary
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The Sea of Tranquility
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- I spend the rest of the afternoon involved in varying degrees of avoidance.†
p. 94.3 *varying = differing; or changing
- I had three dresses that got rotated just like the music; all conservative and girly with varying degrees of formality depending on the wedding itself I wonder what they would have done if I walked in dressed like I do today.†
p. 97.1
- Inside are several pieces of wood, a hammer, different size nails, sandpaper and a few other items that seem to vary in each box.†
p. 115.5vary = differ; or change
- I spend half of Saturday morning sitting cross-legged on a flatbed at Home Depot with Josh pushing me up and down the lumber aisles, telling me about how every kind of wood varies.†
p. 311.7varies = differs; or changes
Definitions:
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(1)
(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)