variable
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Another variable could be the climate, noted Jonathan Schroer, a strategist at UniCredit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Evidence of a connection has remained elusive however, as El Niño is notoriously variable, making it difficult to distinguish long-term changes from its natural ebb and flow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Just as important as hunting for a low interest rate is understanding whether the rate is fixed or variable.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
British summers will always be variable, and no two years will be exactly alike.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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
It is not clear whether this means we will actually get more thunderstorms in the UK and across Europe, as so many variables are involved beyond the simple matter of energy and moisture.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It is difficult to control for all variables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
We had the same director and it was like let’s remove as many variables as we can, since shooting a special is already kind of like a wild, weird experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
One of the difficulties in compiling this report was the analysis suffers from what the team refers to as the “omitted variables problem.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Aerodynamic equations describing transonic airflows might contain as many as thirty-five variables.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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The Scientific Method
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