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“That doesn’t match up with people’s actual spending patterns,” he said, since people typically have variable needs and wants as retirement progresses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

It means people on variable tariffs should give an accurate meter reading, and - with forecasts of significant increases in bills to come - prepare for a more expensive winter.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The declining vaccination rate isn’t the only variable that has led to more deadly flu seasons for young people in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

If you want to see the effects of a putative causal variable, manipulate that variable alone while holding everything else constant.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The Signum one has four variables: Brent crude oil, the 10-year yield, the number of Hormuz crossings and the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, the structure of the program drives a set of crucial economic variables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

His decades of research indicate that other variables have a larger influence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

But she deliberately avoids strict plans because, she says, "there are too many variables at play".

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Too many variables had been ignored to make the calculations possible in a reasonable time.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson