variable

Figures revealed by the BBC earlier this week showed forecasters predicting a 16% rise in domestic energy prices in the new year for 20 million households on variable tariffs affected by regulator Ofgem's price cap.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“That doesn’t match up with people’s actual spending patterns,” he said, since people typically have variable needs and wants as retirement progresses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

"We compared phase space distance with the sphericity variable and our conclusion is that phase space distance outperforms sphericity," Zhang said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

What about an approach, an assumption, a concept, a condition, a context, a framework, an issue, a model, a process, a range, a role, a strategy, a tendency, or a variable?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Treasury Indicator – takes in 17 variables on momentum, volatility, macro variables, credit performance and correlations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

His decades of research indicate that other variables have a larger influence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Turbo Electric’s estimated 298 miles of range may be thought of as the limit of a function with lots of variables, including driving style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

It is not clear whether this means we will actually get more thunderstorms in the UK and across Europe, as so many variables are involved beyond the simple matter of energy and moisture.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

It turns out that countries in regions with long histories of state societies or agriculture have higher per-capita GNP than countries with short histories, even after other variables have been controlled.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond