fluctuation
Example Sentences
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The ice lid contracts and expands with temperature fluctuations between night and day, opening cracks that fill with shards of newly frozen lake water.
From Barron's
“We must resolutely prevent drastic market fluctuations and actively guide long-term and rational investment,” Wu Qing, the chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said in a speech last month.
We then pulled all returns over the period and calculated the annualized return and annualized volatility, or the price fluctuation over the course of a year, for each of the bond groupings.
On a like-for-like comparison that excludes the impact of currency fluctuations, sales rose six percent, whereas the consensus forecast was around eight percent, analysts said.
From Barron's
For small-business owners, even small fluctuations in revenue can have ripple effects, affecting their ability to pay rent and vendors.
From Los Angeles Times
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