variable
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The two groups of obese animals were fed the same diet throughout the experiment to avoid introducing another variable.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The one variable he hadn’t taken into account was time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A portfolio’s duration might be lower than its average maturity because some of the securities it holds have variable interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
"This single variable tends to influence the markets quite negatively," Hari Shyamsunder, a fund manager with Franklin Templeton Asset Management India, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
There are invariant and variable structures in speech that are common to all of us.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Treasury Indicator – takes in 17 variables on momentum, volatility, macro variables, credit performance and correlations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Parameters are variables learned during training that help determine a model’s output, with the count used as a rough gauge of scale and capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
His decades of research indicate that other variables have a larger influence.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
“If all variables are constant with every repeated scenario, is it ever possible to have a different outcome?”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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