fluctuate
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However, the photons in each type of light fluctuate and interact in different ways.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The secondary market allows fans to re-sell their tickets, potentially opening chances to see sold-through or popular sports, but the prices could fluctuate drastically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
As a result, gross margins will fluctuate quarter to quarter in the near term.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fortunes can fluctuate across the seven events so it is needed in ample supply to come out on top at the end of two days of competition.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The rings of concentric circles along its barrel fluctuate through a rainbow of glowing colors as the weapon powers up.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
The Northwestern figure fluctuates depending on economic and political events.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
It’s one of the largest concentrations of capybaras in São Paulo, though its exact number of members fluctuates.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
That reaction is mainly driven by changes in progesterone levels, which peak, and oestrogen, which fluctuates, triggering strong feelings of despair, loss and a lack of control.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Joseph said that their annual spending fluctuates based on the work that needs to be done.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The quota system has worked for over two hundred years, and although it fluctuates region to region, it makes it crystal clear what each scythe’s responsibility to the world is.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
The revenues of 1736 Family Crisis Center have fluctuated in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since then, global oil prices have fluctuated wildly.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The company's stock fluctuated after hours and dropped by more than 4 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
For most of the past decade that gap fluctuated between $10 and $15 a barrel.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
She had been chubby as a child, at least to some eyes, and in her teens her weight fluctuated wildly.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Taipei, Singapore, Jakarta and and Wellington were also up, with Manila fluctuating.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
What the polls generally failed to foresee—and arguably shouldn’t have been expected to, given the fluctuating field—was that just enough voters would ultimately coalesce behind Crowley to put him over the top.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
These adaptations evolved to optimize energy storage and usage in environments with fluctuating food availability.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
But fluctuating property taxes presented an additional financial challenge.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“In the end, the way interest rates are fluctuating, a serious delay could cost a mint.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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