common variation

collocation in English

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common
adjective
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/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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variation
noun
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/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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(Definition ofcommonandvariationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The mostcommonvariationis its absence.
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Onecommonvariationis as follows.
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A lesscommonvariationwould have been twenty nought-five.
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Most are in "fornyrislag", while "mlahttr" is acommonvariation.
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Anothercommonvariationon last night is yesterday.
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Anothercommonvariationis chilled or jellied consomm.
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Acommonvariationreplaces the loin with boiled ham.
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The mostcommonvariationof the cheek piercing penetrates the facial tissue into the oral cavity.
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Acommonvariation, for example, is the spillage of younger meltwaters over older ground moraine beds.
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This is the mostcommonvariationof the cartridge used today.
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Anothercommonvariationis a "headless" verse, which lacks the first syllable of the first foot.
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Anothercommonvariationis to add an extra bass and treble string.
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Acommonvariationomits the collector resistor of the output transistor, making an open collector output.
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Acommonvariationon the above variation is to eliminate the tie.
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Acommonvariationof the transmission quadrupole is the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer.
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Anothercommonvariationwas to distil in the presence of sulphuric acid.
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Anothercommonvariationis to carry one of the two outside throws up and down rather than throwing it.
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Anothercommonvariationuses inclusive bounds for the left bound, but exclusive bounds for the right bound.
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Acommonvariationin this gene was found in 2008 to significantly increase the risk of myopathy.
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Acommonvariationis six playing strings, and instruments exist with as many as fourteen sympathetic strings alone.
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Anothercommonvariationis to support different numbers of players taking on the roles of codemaker and codebreaker.
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Acommonvariationon the buffalo sauce flavor is found in potato chips produced by a number of different companies.
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Acommonvariationin play is to have each of the neutral regions worth two troops a turn.
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Acommonvariationis "non nobis, sed omnibus" (not for us, but for everyone) and "non nobis solum, sed omnibus".
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