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Still, the fact that the weird home exercise equipment corporation—er, sorry, media company—is one of the most potentially lucrative platforms for musicians is yet another bizarre vagary of the modern music industry.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

Eulabee’s own attention moves with lifelike vagary, dilating on anxieties and anticipation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021

It covers the whole wide world of early-19th-century trade, and it evinces a worldly acceptance of human disparity and vagary.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018

If they mess up — or even if the issue is just a vagary of your own personal preferences — it’s only right to give them another chance.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2017

As Sullivan saw it, “Burnham came out of his somnambulistic vagary and joined in. He was keen enough to understand that ‘Uncle Dick’”—meaning Hunt—“had done him a needed favor.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Due to the vagaries of the international rugby league calendar, this was McDermott's first match in charge of England since being appointed in April as Shaun Wane's successor.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

First, practice distinguishing between what the Constitution says and what judges and justices say about the Constitution, a document riddled with aspirational vagaries and flexible abstractions.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

The genius of hit songs, beyond technical artistry—and the vagaries of timing—is the ability to mainline emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

The vagaries of the schedule are something that figures to hamper MLS teams all season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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