The teacher made a slight variance in the directions to clarify them.    From LearnThat.org. 

A zoning variance.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Looking at the bottom graph, it appears the variance is a bit less than 5%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Elections Getting Duller] Reference

Lord by faith to be at variance, is an utter inconsistency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Jerusalem, as Maurer translates in variance with the context.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

How much is the difference in short term variance between the data?.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

If an exception or variance is needed, then the rules need changing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trust me (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

The biggest variance from the ARG survey is in the number of undecideds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2004-01-01] Reference

The hypothesis would assert that substantial local variance is deliberate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolfram Blog : Flag Analysis with Mathematica] Reference

Another factor could be the difference in variance in talents within the genders.    From Wordnik.com.  [All else being equal.] Reference

The word variance might suggest as much, suggesting, as it does, something that varies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stupid ID statement of the month - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Refer the matters in variance to any, rather than go to law about them before heathen judges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference

And you don't have to assume any large difference in variance between the male and female population's abilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gender Differences, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

OTOH one could say that LTP implies greater long term variance and therefore potential to mistake noise for trends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference

One has to wonder what ever happened to the old practice of using CP to manage short term variance in working capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

BTW, I will try to remember not to use the word variance as a synonym of the word difference when statisticians are in the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jungle Fever « Climate Audit] Reference

The Planning Board can not do that, any variance from the rules would have to come through the ZBA, but would probably be hard to get.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert E wyman] Reference

The only variance occurs when he wears his olive-colored chinos.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Maroon] Reference

The variance was the result primarily of increased collocation costs and exchange fees.    From Wordnik.com.  [TradeStation Group Management Discusses Q2 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

The variance was the result of increased costs for tax advises, attorney's fees and orderlies.    From Wordnik.com.  [TradeStation Group Management Discusses Q2 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

Less than 2 percent of the variance was attributed to the number of laparoscopies surgeons had performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Primary Sources] Reference

Any set of data will have a mean and a variance, which is the sum of the squares of the difference from the mean.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

I don't usually post about trial court decisions -- they have a high variance, that is typically narrowed on appeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [PointOfLaw Forum] Reference

The expected value of each draw is the mean of the box: 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 3.5 (1) 6 The box also has a variance, which is 35/12.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Of course, this phenomenon washes out overtime, but in a quarter with big price swings, the variance is a little bit more pronounced.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference

A dashboard that compares actuals, for a given reporting period, to the operating plan this is typically called variance analysis along.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-close] Reference

The only variance from the rules benefited her!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton champions Obama to smattering of boos] Reference

Barbour said there was a "variance", but said his estimates were.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

You could, though, compare the "variance" in two-spot ladybugs and humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Protein-protein Interactions] Reference

Zoning: Why did they invent the word "variance" in relationship to zoning laws?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lake Chapala Real Estate Agents] Reference

This record will then have a mean close to zero, and a low "variance" from the PCA viewpoint.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Red Noise Spaghetti Diagram « Climate Audit] Reference

And maybe we're just seeing that fascinating statistical phenomonon known as "variance" in action.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Takes Lead In Gallup For First Time In General Election] Reference

The "variance" of a given stock can be much more closely estimated over 30 days than a single day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caveat Investor: One-Day Options] Reference

To me, that is the perfect use of the word "variance".    From Wordnik.com.  [Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories] Reference

DataColumn dc8 = new DataColumn ( "variance", typeof (float)).    From Wordnik.com.  [ASP.NET Forums] Reference

Even if one accepts the 'variance' form of uncertainty, this is still not an argument for action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Its called variance within the margin of error.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlie Gibson: McCain's Favorite Network Anchor?] Reference

It's called variance within the margin of error.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gallup: Obama's Lead Narrowing] Reference

A kind of variance that we've supported since C# 2.0.    From Wordnik.com.  [MSDN Blogs] Reference

… oh, I know this is just 'variance', because I'm in with the best hand almost every single time.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference