It is also used to describe the sport's contemporary variations.

(Ages 12 and up) This remarkably complex short novel is a contemporary American variation of a classical questing tale.

The other is performed by Chinese actors in a contemporary variation on traditional Chinese opera.

Ms. Sossamon shoots down this contemporary variation on the sipping-a-soda-at-Schwab's scenario.

These artifacts, whether handwoven traditionally or with contemporary variations, are considered exemplars of functional basketry in the Philippines and among Filipinos.

It's a grand and magical adventure, in some ways a contemporary variation on Kipling's "Kim" that raises interesting spiritual questions.

By the time the party was over, members of each group had paired up in a contemporary variation of the buddy system.

The libel still circulates in the Middle East, both in its literal original form and in elaborate contemporary variations, requiring yet other kinds of response.

Ann Hould-Ward's costumes are contemporary, character-specific variations on basic black.

In a contemporary variation on the same theme, George Nakashima fashioned his 1980 "Conoid Chair" to fit the body's form.