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Recent Examples of volatility
That volatility matters, though, because even slight rate differences can have a big impact on the cost of buying a home in this borrowing landscape.
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Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Founder Joosep Seitam says the company saw sharp volatility in both international shipping rates and paid advertising costs as brands competed for a smaller and more cautious customer base.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Such volatility is abnormal, but particularly so given the tomato market.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Institutions that were once cautious about transition investments are now weighing policy uncertainty against the demonstrated volatility of fossil fuel markets.
—Shyla Raghav, Time, 14 May 2026
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Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Founder Joosep Seitam says the company saw sharp volatility in both international shipping rates and paid advertising costs as brands competed for a smaller and more cautious customer base.
—Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Such volatility is abnormal, but particularly so given the tomato market.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Institutions that were once cautious about transition investments are now weighing policy uncertainty against the demonstrated volatility of fossil fuel markets.
—Shyla Raghav, Time, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
Noun
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To live in greater Los Angeles is to embrace the arbitrariness of it all.—
Meghan Daum,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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In both novels, young people are trying to figure out how life works, confounded by the arbitrariness of what is presented to them as natural.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Harris drove in three runs in the 11-5 win, offering a reminder of baseball’s fickleness.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Newsom explains his fickleness differently.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Of course, in addition to being perfect by becoming a doctor, John had selected, despite her eccentricities, the perfect mate in their parents’ eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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Still, even an understanding of Turner’s eccentricities didn’t prepare the Braves to learn the morning of their game against Pittsburgh that the team’s owner was now the manager.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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However, the primary contractor for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, Northrop Grumman, soon acknowledged there was a manufacturing irregularity.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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As an example of this irregularity, between 2000 and 2099, there will be 25 leap days, including the starting year, but in the following three centuries, there will only be 24 leap days.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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These disturbances are designed to replicate the unpredictability and latency inherent in physical robot systems.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
18 May 2026
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For many owners, the challenge is not simply rising costs, but the speed and unpredictability with which those costs are changing.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Others mistakenly describe these acts as flakiness, disobedience, laziness, or personal failure in the absence of context.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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Gentle exfoliants are essential for all skin types, especially those that are prone to flakiness.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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This includes not just freight or labor swings but also variability in lead times, quality and vendor performance.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Research indicates that high daily blood pressure variability, either throughout the day or day-to-day, is a strong independent predictor of cardiovascular disease.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
14 May 2026
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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