fluctuation

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For every 100-calorie increase in daily fluctuation, weight loss decreased by about 0.6% over the study period.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

“The fluctuation in value during this time period is consistent with the entire crypto market, which is typical in a bear market,” company spokeswoman Victoria Davis told me by email.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Then there might be stocks screened on other criteria, such as high profitability or minimal price fluctuation, or a couple of “strategic,” “discovery” or “dynamic” funds to make the mix sound more enticing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 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

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