It did so using an elaborate variation of a concept familiar in natural science, citation analysis.

"Goldmember" flourishes new, more elaborate variations on old jokes.

The sedia gestatoria is an elaborate variation on the sedan chair.

His fingerwork in the Schubert impromptu, a set of elaborate variations on a simple theme, had great fluidity.

He never bothered with the minutiae of elaborate variations of that ancient technique.

An elaborate variation on this theme lures the victim with an e-mailed job offer from a fake company.

Improvisation of elaborate variations on a popular theme is one of the core genres of jazz.

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More elaborate variations on the theme also look at the soil conditions.

More elaborate variations, such as these, can be sung to melodies: