vagaries
Example Sentences
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Finding a solution that works for all smells may prove difficult, though, in part because of all the vagaries in how we uptake and interpret scent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
A once proud, close-knit community has been left to the vagaries of absentee landlords, rising deprivation and residents who often don't want to be here.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
The vagaries of that schedule will require flexibility and depth and will likely force Dos Santos to rotate players in and out of the lineup.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
As I watched the havoc caused by the vagaries of the U.S. immigration system, I kept returning to the same questions.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
In that big field, the old man, whose name we learned after we agreed to buy the car was Ralph Mason, gave my dad a quick lesson in the vagaries of manual transmission.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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