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It matters because prices for fruit, especially high-value berries such as strawberries or blueberries can fluctuate wildly.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

High tide levels can fluctuate in this region: they can sometimes be 4 or 5 feet, and sometimes the high tide can reach 6 to 6.5 feet around this time of year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Reshoring efforts can take years—a daunting prospect when tariff rates fluctuate often.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Instead, they expect a prolonged series of halting starts and stops to the conflict, causing flows through the Strait of Hormuz to continuously fluctuate.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

They kept their heads steady and mouths aimed at the microphone so that the volume of their voices didn’t fluctuate.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

While her $3,400 rent is the same each month, her utility bill, which includes charges for shared utilities including water, wastewater, hot water and HVAC, fluctuates by hundreds of dollars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It’s one of the largest concentrations of capybaras in São Paulo, though its exact number of members fluctuates.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

That reaction is mainly driven by changes in progesterone levels, which peak, and oestrogen, which fluctuates, triggering strong feelings of despair, loss and a lack of control.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

The Nasdaq 100, consisting nearly 60% of technology stocks, fluctuates more sharply in price than older indexes such as the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The quota system has worked for over two hundred years, and although it fluctuates region to region, it makes it crystal clear what each scythe’s responsibility to the world is.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Arrivals have fluctuated over the decades, but plunged sharply during the Covid pandemic when many nations shut their borders.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

It has fluctuated around that threshold since, with the trajectory largely following oil prices for months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

After the cryptocurrency was first released, back in 2009, its price had fluctuated between nothing and $1 for over two years.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some of the rallies were stunning, but he was playing carelessly at times, and sometimes seemed disengaged as his concentration fluctuated.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The geographic boundaries of the political/social spheres that could usefully be grouped as “Europe” or “China” fluctuated over the centuries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Keep in mind that a bond fund has a fluctuating share price that will move in the opposite direction of interest rates.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The volatile supply situation has weighed on ordinary drivers, with prices and availability fluctuating at each petrol station across the country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

However, headline inflation is expected to be lower than previously assessed, it said Wednesday, reflecting fluctuating global energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

All of these measures work to prevent the temperature fluctuating inside the house - in winter and summer - so much less energy is used.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I think that voice held him most with its fluctuating, feverish warmth because it couldn't be over-dreamed--that voice was a deathless song.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald