variable
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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
About 20 million households in England, Scotland and Wales are on variable energy tariffs set by Ofgem's price cap, which puts a maximum price on each unit of gas and electricity.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Roberts also said alternating between right- and left-handers was not a variable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The declining vaccination rate isn’t the only variable that has led to more deadly flu seasons for young people in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It does so by artificially holding constant every variable except the two he wishes to focus on, and then showing how those two co-vary.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
"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
Treasury Indicator – takes in 17 variables on momentum, volatility, macro variables, credit performance and correlations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
His decades of research indicate that other variables have a larger influence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But she deliberately avoids strict plans because, she says, "there are too many variables at play".
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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
Vocabulary lists containing variable
The Scientific Method
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