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variable

[vair-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈvɛər i ə bəl /


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There are light and variable 5 to 10 mph winds blowing in the area, with gusts of up to 20 mph forecast into the evening, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Each program requires a variable fee, depending on insurance and usage.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Lens added that their domestic league risks being "gradually relegated to the status of an adjustment variable at the whim of the European imperatives of some".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The biggest variable, he added, isn’t the barrels themselves.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

In 1956, astronomers discovered that Cepheid variables were more variable than they had thought; they came in two varieties, not one.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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