fluctuate
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Revenues fluctuate but now are largely the same, around 17%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The prices of most major cryptocurrencies fell on the news, except for the stablecoins, which by definition can only fluctuate within tight margins.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Anthropic said user growth can fluctuate, including a slump in usage of AI tools around Christmas.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
With these, you never lose your invested amount if you hold to maturity, but the principal value will fluctuate, along with the twice-yearly interest payment, according to the inflation rate at the time.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Rick said, “A humanoid robot is like any other machine; it can fluctuate between being a benefit and a hazard very rapidly. As a benefit it’s not our problem.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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As the industry fluctuates, the Bronx-born heroine of ABC’s “Scrubs” and “High Potential” talks about what grounds her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Scientists often study a measurement called functional connectivity, which describes how closely activity in different parts of the brain fluctuates together.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 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
In addition, receptivity to innovation fluctuates in time within the same region.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Prices have always fluctuated; coupons have always rewarded some shoppers more than others.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Its share price has fluctuated since then, sharply declining in July and August, but it is currently trading 14% higher than its stock market debut.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It has fluctuated around that threshold since, with the trajectory largely following oil prices for months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Friday, stocks fluctuated between modest gains and losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Not only did variation and dip diverge from place to place, but in 1634 a group of English experimenters claimed that variation fluctuated over time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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He led them to the Bundesliga title in 2022 but was sacked the following season amid fluctuating form.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
But for Musk that’s a relatively trivial amount, even though his fluctuating trillionaire status is currently hovering below the threshold for designation.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Reckitt has been investing in the U.S. to get new products to customers faster and meet fluctuating drug demand as the timing of each year’s cold and flu season shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
In these cases, one mixes pseudorandom numbers from several computers, then incorporates the physical indeterminacy of randomly fluctuating voltages from a “white noise” source.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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