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variable

[vair-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈvɛər i ə bəl /


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Stretch, which has become a favorite among individual investors, offers a variable dividend that recently stood at 11.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“Iran is the dominant live variable heading into Thursday,” said Koen Hoorelbeke, investment and options strategist at Saxo Bank.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

"This will give insecure workers on variable hours security in their working lives which they are so badly lacking at the moment," a spokesperson added.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

"These differences highlight the importance of considering sex as a key variable in dementia research," said Pa. "Sex differences are profoundly overlooked among many leading causes of death like Alzheimer's, heart disease and cancer."

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

What about an approach, an assumption, a concept, a condition, a context, a framework, an issue, a model, a process, a range, a role, a strategy, a tendency, or a variable?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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