fluctuating
- ambivalent adj.
- changeable adj.
- faithless adj.
- fitful adj.
- fluid adj.
- inconstant adj.
- irregular adj.
- irresolute adj.
- mercurial adj.
- mutable adj.
- periodic adj.
- ranging adj.
- spotty adj.
- supererogative adj.
- supererogatory adj.
- swinging adj.
- tottering adj.
- tottery adj.
- uneven adj.
- unpredictable adj.
- unstable adj.
- unstable/unsteady adj.
- unsteady adj.
- vacillating adj.
- variable adj.
- varying adj.
- wanton adj.
- wavering adj.
- wavering adj.
- wavy adj.
- zigzag adj.
- off and on adv.
- off-and-on adv.
- on and off adv.
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Recovery in tourism is slow, with monthly figures largely fluctuating in July and August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
She took advantage of the fluctuating form of American opponent Stearns, who is ranked more than 75 places above her, to win 3-6 6-3 6-2.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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
Taipei, Singapore, Jakarta and and Wellington were also up, with Manila fluctuating.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I think that voice held him most with its fluctuating, feverish warmth because it couldn't be over-dreamed--that voice was a deathless song.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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