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as in fluctuation
the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another
the English language is always in a state of flux
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as in influx
a flowing or coming in
January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores
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as in diarrhea
abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools
Civil War doctors noted frequent cases of flux in the camps
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as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a solid will flux more quickly under pressure
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Recent Examples of flux
New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
With so many teams in flux, the moment could be ripe for wholesale changes.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
Next, clean and flux a shutoff valve for the cold side and slide it over the tubing end place and solder it in place.
—Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
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Noun
Koenigsegg has incorporated both radial and axial flux into the Dark Matter.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
With so many teams in flux, the moment could be ripe for wholesale changes.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
Those signs can flux when sleep deprived, traveling or stressed at work as well.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
Next, clean and flux a shutoff valve for the cold side and slide it over the tubing end place and solder it in place.
—Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flux
Noun
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The recent weakness in the U.S. dollar flipped currency from a headwind to a tailwind, with the company expecting foreign exchange fluctuations to increase total revenue growth by 1 percentage point.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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As a collection, HQ Portfolio stocks have provided superior returns with lower risk compared to the benchmark index; less jagged fluctuations, as can be seen in the HQ Portfolio performance metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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At the start of April, an influx of action figures started appearing on social media sites including LinkedIn and X.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Wired News,
1 May 2025
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With the influx of tourists and homebuyers, the dining scene in Malta has majorly evolved.—
Rachel Dube,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Start Small Changing your diet to include sauerkraut may have some initial effects, such as abdominal bloating, diarrhea, or intestinal gas.9 Start small and gradually add more to increase tolerance.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
2 May 2025
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The Victorian government says symptoms — including diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps — typically occur six to 24 hours after consumption, and can be fatal within 48 hours.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Arctic sea ice set a record low in March, and has been melting earlier in the year and advancing later, affecting the accessibility to food for polar bears in the region.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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There are sometimes only images: foggy white drizzle, melted rainbows in a gasoline puddle, pink foam insulation bursting between slats of splintered wood.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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And its tracing of spatial distributions emerges from spying enormous bubblelike arrangements of galaxies thought to have formed from more primordial templates, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs).—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2025
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Users can choose to heat or cool an entire room with 70-degree oscillation or concentrate the gadget’s power to one area.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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They were given frozen chicken sandwiches thawed by CBP officers in a microwave, but sometimes they were still partially frozen.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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Some 134,000 tons of frozen pelagic fish — such as sardines, anchovies, mackerel, sprats and herring — are thawed and tossed into European tuna cages every year.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Flux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flux. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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