fluctuations

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Schlamminger skipped the conference's morning sessions, preoccupied with worries about temperature fluctuations, pressure changes, and other tiny effects that might distort the results.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

“There developed a whole group of algorithmic traders that made big profit on the fluctuations leading up to and on the 181st day, and that helped nobody,” Feldman says.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The heat and fluctuations in rainfall affect reproduction.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The department cleared about 38% of violent crimes in 2018 and about 47% in 2024, with several fluctuations within that range in the years between, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

In this way, measured radiocarbon dates can be “calibrated” to take account of fluctuations in the atmospheric carbon ratio.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond