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fluctuate

[fluhk-choo-eyt] / ˈflʌk tʃuˌeɪt /


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To be sure, the report represents an early snapshot, and numbers may fluctuate.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The White House noted that the severity of this condition can fluctuate over time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

After that, if the temperature doesn’t fluctuate, it would “tell us that the fire problem, or the small explosion, has been mitigated,” McGovern said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Food and healthcare are slightly less economically sensitive, and help reduce how much Linde’s sales fluctuate.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Some nearby examples, tens or hundreds of millions of light-years away, are powerful sources of X-rays, infrared radiation and radio waves, have extremely luminous cores and fluctuate in brightness on time scales of weeks.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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