fluctuate

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Rates fluctuate constantly, and you don’t want to rely too heavily on a single product when you need to keep up with inflation and make your money last the rest of your life.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The date of the astronomical equinox also tends to naturally fluctuate between 20 and 21 March.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

To be sure, oil prices can fluctuate wildly in times of uncertainty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

“Prices fluctuate somewhat but never to this level so quickly. It just skyrocketed,” Miller said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Some nearby examples, tens or hundreds of millions of light-years away, are powerful sources of X-rays, infrared radiation and radio waves, have extremely luminous cores and fluctuate in brightness on time scales of weeks.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan