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
While home equity loans have fixed rates, home equity lines of credit, which function like credit cards, typically have variable rates, meaning Fed rate increases quickly bump up homeowners’ monthly payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Another variable could be the climate, noted Jonathan Schroer, a strategist at UniCredit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Evidence of a connection has remained elusive however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult to distinguish long-term changes from its natural ebb and flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
No one can really plan for every variable, though.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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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
He said there were "lots of variables" in public finances and that the SNP had demonstrated they could balance the budget through challenges including Brexit, the Covid pandemic and the financial crash.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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
In short, I acknowledge that it is much more difficult to understand human history than to understand problems in fields of science where history is unimportant and where fewer individual variables operate.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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