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The two groups of obese animals were fed the same diet throughout the experiment to avoid introducing another variable.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The one variable he hadn’t taken into account was time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“That doesn’t match up with people’s actual spending patterns,” he said, since people typically have variable needs and wants as retirement progresses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

About 20 million households in England, Scotland and Wales are on variable energy tariffs set by Ofgem's price cap, which puts a maximum price on each unit of gas and electricity.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

If you want to see the effects of a putative causal variable, manipulate that variable alone while holding everything else constant.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The Signum one has four variables: Brent crude oil, the 10-year yield, the number of Hormuz crossings and the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

But she deliberately avoids strict plans because, she says, "there are too many variables at play".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The Turbo Electric’s estimated 298 miles of range may be thought of as the limit of a function with lots of variables, including driving style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

With many physical, emotional and psychological variables in play, researchers admit it’s hard to pinpoint where DNA ends and drive begins when it comes to sibling dynamics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

I came up with answers for eleven different variables and calculated each one carefully.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson