variable
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Many studies also rely on simplified mathematical models, including the widely used Kuramoto model, that represent each node with only a single variable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
But “the path of oil prices and their transmission into Fed policy remains the single most important variable from now till year-end.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
People can tally all their debts to see the cumulative monthly amount, as well as the rates and which debts have fixed borrowing costs and which are variable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Another variable could be the climate, noted Jonathan Schroer, a strategist at UniCredit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
To test the distance of the spiral nebulae, a class of intrinsically much brighter variable stars was needed to furnish a new standard candle.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Meanwhile, the structure of the program drives a set of crucial economic variables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But one of the most critical variables, lifespan, might be treated as a fixed input, or have an upper limit that doesn’t extend far enough.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"If we want to realize the potential of precision medicine, we have to understand these fundamental biological variables," says Professor Joseph Powell, co-senior author and Director of Garvan's Translational Genomics Program.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
We had the same director and it was like let’s remove as many variables as we can, since shooting a special is already kind of like a wild, weird experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Instead, it seems to me that, in the past, good institutions always arose because of a long chain of historical connections from ultimate causes rooted in geography to the proximate dependent variables of the institutions.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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