wide variance

collocation in English

meaningsofwideandvariance

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wide
adjective
uk
/waɪd/us
/waɪd/
having a larger distance from one side to the other than is usual or expected, especially in comparison with the length of something; ...
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variance
noun
uk
/ˈveə.ri.əns/us
/ˈver.i.əns/
formal
the fact that two or more things are different, or the amount or number by which they ...
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(Definition ofwideandvariancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In intertemporal terms, these countries' reforms represent similarlywidevariancein the extent of change and degree of loss-imposition - but the contrast is reversed.
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First is the type of auxiliary, featuringwidevariancein their occurrence with not-contraction, even within the same dialect.
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This suggests awidevariancein unemployment across the country.
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As in any opinion poll or survey there iswidevariance, and the more people complete it, the more accurate it is.
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Surely numerous delegated bodies operating as arms of the civil service also implies awidevariancein standards.
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This highlights thewidevariancein personal definitions of the phrase.
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This has resulted in awidevarianceof test reliability.
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There iswidevariancein application of classification levels.
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As a result, the estimated amounts of resources and reserves displaywidevariance.
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The region has great biological diversity because of thewidevariancein altitude.
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But there iswidevariancein the datasome movies in the training set have as few as 3 ratings, while one user rated over 17,000 movies.
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For words ending in "n, p, t", the regularities are basically similar, but there iswidevariance.
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Due to thewidevarianceof spelling, the vowels have been hardest to reconstruct for the language.
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There is awidevarianceof other activities provided by visiting artists ranging from crafts, woodworking etc. through to entertainers and musicians.
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So the question is; how can these wide variances be justified?
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There are wide variances up and down the country.
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