The reasons for their decision were 'many and various'. [=they had many different reasons]
He has lived in places as 'various' as New York and Beijing.
She has worked at 'various' publishing companies.
(..) So, what is this idea that you need to plant? We need the heir of a major corporation to dissolve his father's empire. Right there you have various political motivations... ...and anti-monopolistic sentiments and so forth. But all of that stuff, it's, um... It's really at the mercy of your (..)2010 Inception