Policy and Variation

Policy

Policy noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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Variation and policy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variation" instead a noun "Policy".

Nearby Words: politic, policing, politics, political, policed

Variation noun - A distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play).

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Policy and variation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Policy" instead a noun "Variation".

Nearby Words: variety, variable, varied, variance, variant

old	old policy	old variation
similar	similar policy	similar variation
common	common policy	common variation
standard	standard policy	standard variation
Other adjectives: simple, new, different, recent.

In a variation, Robert and Kitty once had sex in their office after a policy discussion.

Source: Series / Brothers and Sisters
Nazi Germany had a variation for German policy.

Source: Population Control
A variation is used against villains in Dean Ing's story "Very Proper Charlies" (and later his novel Soft Targets), in which a media policy of portraying terrorists as pathetic laughingstocks undercuts their ability to terrorize people.

Source: Too Funny to Be Evil

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