variable
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Even if a state were to implement or extend a moratorium on construction, for example, whether it would apply to already started or late-stage projects would be a crucial variable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The rest of the UK will have a dry day on Sunday with variable cloud and some spells of sunshine at times.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Quantum particles can exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties, but the universe as a whole does not necessarily have a built-in time variable.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Once that promotional period is up, any remaining balance is converted to the card’s standard variable APR.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Some observers have reported variable white clouds above that disk—most likely, clouds of methane crystals.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Building on their earlier work, they used a self-similar form of Einstein's equations to represent the standard cosmological model as a rest point, a mathematical state in which the system's defining variables remain unchanged.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
All three variables are largely in place today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Markets can absorb crude between $70 and $90, but when prices move above $100 a barrel, it starts putting stress on macro-economic variables such as inflation and also company earnings and margins."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It then uses ranks of those variables rather than raw values, to ease interpretation over different scales.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
This is good for very short, simple songs; songs that have a lot of repetition either in the words or music; or call and response songs with few variables.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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