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
Although stock prices fluctuate, Zuckerberg could face a tax liability of roughly $12 billion based on his net worth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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
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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
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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Prices have always fluctuated; coupons have always rewarded some shoppers more than others.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
The share-price performances of hyperscalers like Amazon and Alphabet have fluctuated due to sentiment over the AI boom.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
She remembers receiving less than $3,000 a month from him, but said the amount fluctuated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
She had been chubby as a child, at least to some eyes, and in her teens her weight fluctuated wildly.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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
Rising labor costs, shipping snarls and fluctuating tariffs are driving custom home-renovation bills to eye-popping heights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
But it certainly adds a fresh twist to a season of fluctuating fortunes at the front, in which the only real constant has been Kimi Antonelli, as the championship heads into its final stretch.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 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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