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How to pronounce variations in American English
“variations” pronunciation by American speakers
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“variations” in real sentences — American speakers
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These daily variations are just daily temperature variations.
USGS
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variations in charity receipt.
Census Bureau
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There are regional variations.
The Obama White House
Other forms of “variations”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of variations. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.