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Recent Examples of volatility
However, if your portfolio is in good shape, a Gold IRA rollover may be a good way to diversify your asset holdings and gain additional protection against market volatility.
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Kenwell, of eToro, downplayed the risk posed by geopolitical unrest or AI, saying potential volatility could arise from unanticipated economic developments.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
Historic volatility The Cboe Gold Volatility Index surged this month to its highest level since the Covid pandemic in 2020, reflecting the intensity of the metal’s recent volatility.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Goldman added that the timing of the volatility suggested Western flows, rather than Chinese speculation, are behind much of the build-up and unwind, noting that most of the more violent moves occurred while Chinese futures markets were closed.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Kenwell, of eToro, downplayed the risk posed by geopolitical unrest or AI, saying potential volatility could arise from unanticipated economic developments.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2026
Historic volatility The Cboe Gold Volatility Index surged this month to its highest level since the Covid pandemic in 2020, reflecting the intensity of the metal’s recent volatility.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Goldman added that the timing of the volatility suggested Western flows, rather than Chinese speculation, are behind much of the build-up and unwind, noting that most of the more violent moves occurred while Chinese futures markets were closed.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
Noun
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In an effort to construct a system of law that could prevent arbitrary outcomes, the court ended up making room for plenty of arbitrariness in who was allowed to live and who was sentenced to die.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Newsom explains his fickleness differently.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
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Lulu’s eccentric confidence — or, better put, her confidence in her own eccentricity — carves out a space for her in an episode that’s otherwise fairly plain, all without a whiff of judgement.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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Without clinginess or intensity, attraction becomes a result of one’s individuality, confidence and eccentricity.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ballot audits by independent observers showed irregularities in the official results.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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Maduro has led Venezuela since 2013, presiding over a government widely criticized for authoritarian rule, electoral irregularities, human rights abuses, deep economic collapse and mass emigration.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Jan. 2026
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Should that capacity be limited, with no delay or unpredictability in when a film would move to TVOD and later to SVOD, there is little doubt the theatrical business would be a fraction of its current size by the end of the decade.—
Joseph M. Singer,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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This unpredictability is even more relevant with the widespread use of GLP-1 medications for weight loss.—
Carlos Wolf,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My skin looked brighter, and there was less flakiness around the jawline area.—
Irene Richardson,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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Less water also means less steam during baking, which can improve the flakiness of laminated doughs like croissants and puff pastry.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
16 Jan. 2026
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There is quite a bit of variability to Theon’s tuning and performance, from suspension damping and ride height to wheel/tire combinations and of course engine tunes.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
4 Feb. 2026
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Monitoring rapid radio variability from hundreds of stars individually would require dedicated observations lasting far longer than a human career.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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