diversified
Americanadjective
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distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects.
diversified activity.
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distributed among a judicious variety of types; balanced.
Investments focused in a single industry, such as energy, are more vulnerable to market volatility than more diversified investments.
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producing different kinds of goods, crops, etc., or expanded so as to do so.
He owns a diversified farm, raising livestock, produce, and medicinal herbs.
Other Word Forms
- nondiversified adjective
- quasi-diversified adjective
- undiversified adjective
- well-diversified adjective
Etymology
Origin of diversified
Example Sentences
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Stanley Druckenmiller says artificial intelligence is no longer playing a starring role in his investments, as he focuses more on hard assets like copper and a more diversified portfolio of stocks.
From MarketWatch
“In these economic times, diversified income becomes a need and necessity,” said Turner.
In 2025, fund managers successfully diversified beyond the Magnificent Seven, finding opportunities as market leadership broadened.
From Barron's
The most diversified managers still have the most highly valued fee streams.
Rio Tinto, which held talks with Glencore on a possible merger, said it had planned to retain its diversified portfolio if the deal had gone ahead—this isn’t something the analysts expected.
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