fluctuations

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The department cleared about 38% of violent crimes in 2018 and about 47% in 2024, with several fluctuations within that range in the years between, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Instead, they could have formed randomly through fluctuations in entropy, giving the appearance of a coherent history that never actually occurred.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Despite the fluctuations of recent weeks, the price of oil remains much higher than the pre-conflict price of a barrel.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

These technology companies dominate the major indexes so their financial results, and especially their earnings outlooks, could create extraordinary price fluctuations at the equity and index level.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Instead, there is a spin 0 field, which, because of quantum fluctuations, would have large values in some regions of the early universe.

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