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The one variable he hadn’t taken into account was time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Figures revealed by the BBC earlier this week showed forecasters predicting a 16% rise in domestic energy prices in the new year for 20 million households on variable tariffs affected by regulator Ofgem's price cap.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

When Newton denoted position with the variable x, he realized that velocity is simply the fluxion—what modern mathematicians call the derivative—of x: x.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"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

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

The Turbo Electric’s estimated 298 miles of range may be thought of as the limit of a function with lots of variables, including driving style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“You know the inner workings of the house. All you have to do is break down the variables and devise a scheme. For example, who’s inside right now?”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti