fluctuation
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"While a laser looks to the naked eye like a steady beam, there's actually a lot of fluctuation, which causes noise when you're using lasers for measurement," says Vamivakas.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
“There’s always fluctuation, there’s always mess in the system, and somebody needs to clear this mess,” said Utkin, of DTEK.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
“I think there is going to be a short-term fluctuation in the trend that ultimately corrects itself and resumes the path it was on while Netanyahu is in power,” he said.
From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025
Krome is unique in the dramatic fluctuation of its detainee population.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
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
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