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Recent Examples of fickleness
Newsom explains his fickleness differently.
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Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
That almost feline fickleness mostly has to do with the structure of the comet itself, which can change over time.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
For chasers like Olbinski, the monsoon’s fickleness is both a frustration and a thrill.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
That almost feline fickleness mostly has to do with the structure of the comet itself, which can change over time.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
For chasers like Olbinski, the monsoon’s fickleness is both a frustration and a thrill.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fickleness
Noun
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In her remarks, academy President Lynette Howell Taylor acknowledged the questions many nominees have been asking themselves amid industry contraction, political volatility and global conflict.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Employment data shows continued volatility among women, particularly intersectional groups, well past the pandemic recovery.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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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Scientific and engineering advances don't do well in the face of such wild swings and inconstancy.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
18 Aug. 2025
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Europeans, awakened to the danger of American inconstancy, are scrambling to spend trillions more on defense in coming years.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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That changeability brings a need for equally adaptable clothing.—
Nick Hendry,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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The point is not that these are simply interpretations of the world, because an interpretation implies a degree of conscious awareness and changeability that closure often lacks in the moment.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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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“Fickleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fickleness. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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