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variety
Noun
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A variety of things is a group of things that are not all the same.
Americans can buy a wide variety of cheap products at local supermarkets.
This study was conducted over a relatively long period of time and in a variety of settings.
The films cover a wide variety of topics from wars to fantasy.
The teachers use a variety of techniques to help the students understand the material.
We get the information from newspapers and a variety of other sources.
They felt it was important for a variety of reasons.
The shirts are available in a variety of fun colors.
Middle school students participated in a wide variety of activities.
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Variety is the quality of not being the same.
Fruit can add variety to your salads.
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A variety is one kind of something, especially plants and animals.
The shop has 25 tomato varieties.
By 1930, Southerners alone had developed nearly 1,400 unique apple varieties.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
fault
Noun
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If something is your fault, you did something wrong or didn't do something right.
It doesn't matter whose fault it is, let's work together to make it right.
I'm sorry. It's my fault. I forgot to turn it off.
It's clear that both sides are at fault.
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A fault is a problem or a mistake.
We found a few faults in the plan, but we'll fix them later.
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A fault in your character is something about you that is not nice or good.
The other girls thought that her only fault was that she was really stupid.
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A fault is a long crack in the earth.
The earthquake occurred near the San Andreas fault.
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In sports like tennis or volleyball, a fault is hitting the ball in the wrong way, or to or from the wrong place.
fault
Verb
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If you fault somebody for something bad, you say they did something wrong or didn't do something right.
You can't fault him for not knowing about the change.