variety is the spice of life

variety | American Dictionary

variety
noun
us/vəˈrɑɪ·ɪ·t̬i/

varietynoun (DIFFERENCE)

[ U ]
the characteristic of frequently changing, or of including many different types or things:
The markets offer a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.
You can get magazines there that have a little bit more variety.

varietynoun (TYPE)

[ C ]
a type, esp. one among a group of things that share general features and differ in some details:
Several different varieties of sparrows live around here.

variety | Business English

variety
noun
uk /vəˈraɪəti/uspluralvarieties
[ C ]
one particular type of a thing:
We need to create new varieties of drought-resistant coffee.
We select apple varieties with a longer shelf-life.
[ S ]
many different types of similar things or people:
a variety of sthThe company makes a variety of cameras.
They stock a wide variety of tools.
[ U ]
the characteristic of often changing and being different:
Most people like a bit of variety in their work.

Examples of variety

variety
These differences, which are quantitative not qualitative, have not yet been adequately characterized for a variety of methodological reasons.
The late duration rice varieties were also distinguished into two groups, efficient and non-efficient.
Two-dimensional image analysis of the shape of rice and its application to separating varieties.
And the variety produced is of a richness that seems to belie the smooth, unobtrusive functioning of the instrument.
In the epidemiological literature, however, insomnia tends to be defined using a variety of approaches, ranging from rigorous diagnostic algorithms, to single questionnaire items.
In the course of time, these tools were discarded and replaced by new ones made of local flint varieties.
The study found most musicians to be wholly or partly self-employed, and to work in a variety of often interdependent roles throughout their careers.
The method could be taken further if specific requirements were needed and technical variety (telecom for instance) was introduced.
On teaching the standard variety to speakers of dialectal or sociolectal varieties.
The unit-based ethicist may fulfill a variety of functions through his participation in the working or teaching rounds of the unit.
A variety of other abstract surfaces may be covered by following the same approach.
Notwithstanding the wide variety of experiences from the respondents, some themes emerged.
Integrating forage, crop and livestock systems can spread economic and production risks over several different enterprises, thereby taking advantage of a variety of agricultural markets5,7.
After determining the parameters describing the susceptibility to lodging, their correlation with the physical properties of varieties was straightforward to calculate.
These substantially different concepts were chosen to show a variety of trends in cost and performance.
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Collocations withvariety

variety

These are words often used in combination with variety.

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astonishing variety
We are all capable of producing an astonishing variety of complex sounds by physical means, with no particular expertise or knowledge of acoustics or physics.
bewildering variety
There is a bewildering variety of insulin formulations from different sources and with differing durations of action.
cultivated variety
The volunteers, on the other hand, were at least from the next generation, compared to the cultivated variety from which they were lost.
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