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
Another type of intensified food-gathering activity that developed was the freshwater eel fisheries of the Murray-Darling river system, where water levels in marshes fluctuate with seasonal rains.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
It’s one of the largest concentrations of capybaras in São Paulo, though its exact number of members fluctuates.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
And the ratio might bounce around in coming quarters as tax receipts come in, tariff refunds go out and GDP fluctuates in response to inflation and revisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
If it fluctuates or you change jobs, this could affect how your earnings rise.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
The art conservator's income also fluctuates depending on the assignments she receives from institutions and individuals.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 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
Equity markets fluctuated ahead of the CPI release, though Seoul enjoyed another strong day as it claws back some of the huge tech-led losses sustained in July.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Since then, global oil prices have fluctuated wildly.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The figure was certainly made up: Over the following weeks it fluctuated up and down, ultimately settling at 57 — also made up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
For most of the past decade that gap fluctuated between $10 and $15 a barrel.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Mamou’s picture kept freezing and unfreezing, occasionally turning into chunky blocks as the bandwidth fluctuated.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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
The situation between the US/Israel and Iran is fluctuating from week to week.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
I was out of the water, if only by a fluctuating two, three feet.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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