vagaries

Example Sentences

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A once proud, close-knit community has been left to the vagaries of absentee landlords, rising deprivation and residents who often don't want to be here.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The vagaries of that schedule will require flexibility and depth and will likely force Dos Santos to rotate players in and out of the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

That was a major thing that I wanted to do, because I think that it’s easy to traffic in vagaries, and then everybody can sort of escape the implication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The space-equipment supplier’s rapid rise reflects just how much small aerospace and defense stocks depend on the vagaries of geopolitics and government contracts.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

As anthropologists have learned more about the vagaries of fieldwork, they have treated Carvajal more kindly.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann