fluctuate
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"Our findings suggest that the regularity of bedtime, in particular, may be important for heart health. It reflects the rhythms of everyday life -- and how much they fluctuate," Nauha says.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
Food and healthcare are slightly less economically sensitive, and help reduce how much Linde’s sales fluctuate.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Winter rainfall helped replenish water supplies after 2025's dry summer but water stocks can fluctuate quickly with some river levels already starting to fall, raising concerns about what might happen in the months ahead.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Even as fare prices fluctuate with demand, bag charges tend to stick.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Another type of intensified food-gathering activity that developed was the freshwater eel fisheries of the Murray-Darling river system, where water levels in marshes fluctuate with seasonal rains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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