variable
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Mosquitoes “are always going to find a way to outwit us; it is amazing how variable they are, and because they’re so adaptable, they are unpredictable,” he said.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
"You get into variable pricing, and it's changing every couple of months" he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The biggest variable between now and November is energy, Harker said, and no economic tool allows the administration to control what happens in the Persian Gulf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The EFTC’s supporters are correct that schools’ variable expenses — which is primarily the cost of educators and administrators — can be adjusted downward.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Here were two successive experiments in human development, in which the environment was identical and the sole variable was the people occupying that environment.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Computer models allowed them to explore how different variables interacted and to predict changes that would be difficult to measure directly in every experiment.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Enlisting a financial planner and estate-planning attorney can help you project your cost of living based on different scenarios, housing options and other variables.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Temperature is one of the most misunderstood variables in wine service," adds Michael Sager, founder of Sager + Wilde wine bar in London.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
There are several variables when it comes to up-front and ongoing costs of using grass, especially in domed stadiums where permanent ultraviolet grow-light systems, drainage and irrigation would need to be installed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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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