fluctuate
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High tides levels in Southern California can fluctuate from 4 to 5 feet, sometimes even reaching 6 to 6.5 feet around this time of year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Reshoring efforts can take years—a daunting prospect when tariff rates fluctuate often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Variable rates can fluctuate with the market and increase the total cost of paying off the loan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
However, the photons in each type of light fluctuate and interact in different ways.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
She weighed herself once per week, and although her weight did not fluctuate more than the three pounds her doctor assured her was normal, she took pains to maintain herself.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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As packages are unveiled and sold, available inventory on the website fluctuates — which means fans can spend a lot of time checking and rechecking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
And when that value fluctuates, so does your confidence about retiring.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 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
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Asian equities fluctuated between gains and losses Thursday afternoon as investors weighed a pause in the global bond selloff, while the yen strengthened to nearly a four-week high against the dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The revenues of 1736 Family Crisis Center have fluctuated in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since then, global oil prices have fluctuated wildly.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Energy prices have fluctuated since the conflict started on 28 February as traders reacted to disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
I fluctuated between anticipation so intense that it was very nearly pain, and an insidious fear that picked at my resolve.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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"Of course, we feel caught in the middle," he added, as he he watched a screen showing fluctuating gold prices across the globe.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Recovery in tourism is slow, with monthly figures largely fluctuating in July and August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
Investors have increasingly turned to healthcare and biopharma stocks this summer as part of a rotation away from the fluctuating performance of tech and semiconductor stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The energy in a tiny volume of vacuum must be fluctuating constantly.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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