fluctuation

Spikes in AI computation followed by rapid drop-offs are common, a fluctuation that puts significant strain on electricity-generation equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

They do not predict every short-term fluctuation perfectly, but they help scientists evaluate long-term climate patterns and possible future changes.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

According to preliminary data from Flightradar24, a flight-tracking platform, the plane recorded a sharp fluctuation in altitude before a steep descent.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Benjamin Boisson, a fruit grower in southern France, said worried the extreme fluctuation in temperature would cause a sharp drop in production, as well as complicate storage.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Perhaps the universe is just a quantum fluctuation on a grand scale—an enormous singular particle that came into existence out of the ultimate vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

For the first time, they established a quantitative connection between that model and gravitational fluctuations in spacetime.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Bank of Japan intervenes in the market under the instruction of the ministry to ease economic damage from sharp fluctuations in exchange rates.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Closure of the strait has caused wild fluctuations in the price of oil on world markets.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

It is intended to measure how sensitive an individual stock is to fluctuations in the broader market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

The uncertainty principle implies that the early universe cannot have been completely uniform because there must have been some uncertainties or fluctuations in the positions and velocities of the particles.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking