M.R.S.A. is also demonstrating an alarming virulence and protean nature, making it more difficult to contain and treat.

The main reason, she writes, has to do with the group's "remarkably protean nature."

Both are relatively young choreographers with a belief in the protean nature of classical ballet.

Since being routed from Afghanistan in late 2001, Al Qaeda has again proved its protean nature by morphing into a baseless, rootless organization with potent alliances.

It's a striking demonstration of the protean nature of the monoculture: the system of promotion, distribution and consumption on which advanced capitalism relies.

Pye's subject in both books is the protean nature of the persona we present to the world.

Part of my confusion simply reflects the protean nature of New York.

It had a protean nature.

Thanks to the protean nature of its body, ordinary weapons passed right through Hedorah while even Godzilla's atomic ray was unable to inflict any lasting harm.

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