versatile

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Word of the Day: versatile
This word has appeared in 199 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

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1. having great diversity or variety of skills, interests or abilities

2. useful in a variety of ways

3. competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another

4. able to change or fluctuate easily

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The word versatile has appeared in 199 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 27 in the Opinion essay “The Newest Immigrants Will Change American Spanish. That’s a Good Thing” by Ilan Stavans:

Spanish speakers across the Caribbean exclaim “;Qu; vaina!” when describing ;an annoyance, a situation or a predicament. But the saying is especially versatile in Venezuelan slang, where it can be used to refer to anything from objects to people — the possibilities are endless. Increasingly, you hear that idiosyncrasy in Ciudad Ju;rez, ;Mexico; in Texas and Florida; and even in shelters and schools in New York City, as Venezuelan asylum seekers settle in the United States.

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