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variable

[vair-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈvɛər i ə bəl /


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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

"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

“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

In addition to their fixed costs, fuel is a huge variable expense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Parallel syntax is just the Rule of One Variable applied to writing: if you want readers to appreciate some variable, manipulate the expression of that variable alone while keeping the rest of the language unchanged.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"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

The Signum one has four variables: Brent crude oil, the 10-year yield, the number of Hormuz crossings and the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

It is difficult to control for all variables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

With many physical, emotional and psychological variables in play, researchers admit it’s hard to pinpoint where DNA ends and drive begins when it comes to sibling dynamics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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