A variety of different things/ items etc. Collocations with variety of

A variety of different things/ items etc. Collocations with variety of.

Although 'a variety of different ' is an example of Redundancy that typically takes the form of tautology, 'variety ' can be used with the word 'different '.

I have found these examples on the internet:

There are hundreds of different varieties of apple. (Online Oxford Collocation Dictionary)

Range - a variety of different things or activities; (TheFreeDictionary)


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Stuart Redman. English vocabulary in use (Pre-intermediate & intermediate) Cambridge University Press.

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Michael Vince with Paul Emmerson. Intermediate language practice. English grammar and vocabulary. Macmillan.

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Mark Foley. Diane Hall. MyGrammarLab Intermediate B1/B2.Pearson.

Unit 87. Common collocations. 

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