whims

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It’s just the latest sign that the launch of a whole ecosystem of ETFs has done little to buttress bitcoin against the whims of mercurial investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

This makes it sensitive to the whims of the sector.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Mr. Strausbaugh notes that the artist often chose chess over painting, as the former contains “clear wins and losses, not subject to the whims of taste.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“It would be absurd to keep going back and forth with the whims of the weather,” Dan Waber, Rainbow Tomatoes Garden’s owner, told Salon Senior Food Editor, Ashlie D. Stevens in June 2025.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

She was in no mood for tiptoeing around the little girl’s whims right now.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor