fluctuated

past tense of fluctuate
as in changed
to pass from one form, state, or level to another temperatures will fluctuate between the low and high 50s today

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Recent Examples of fluctuated Since then, the results have fluctuated between middling and downright putrid, and entering this year, Aranda was said to be on his last leg. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Suicide rates in the United States generally steadily rose from 2000 to 2018, and have fluctuated and slightly declined since then according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 Citizens was created to provide a haven for homeowners who couldn’t find affordable coverage with a private carrier, but its policy counts have fluctuated significantly, depending on private market conditions. — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 The strange aspect of Hughes’s two-and-a-half-year spell at Liverpool is that appraisals of his performance fluctuated so wildly — and rarely presciently. — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 While payload capacity stats have fluctuated during development, the firm states a maximum payload capacity of 7,000 kilograms to low-Earth orbit. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 The number of people considered missing has fluctuated significantly as recovery efforts have accelerated. — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The number of food recalls classified by the FDA has fluctuated sharply over the past decade. — Dian Zhang, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 The investigation found that prices fluctuated by as much as 23%, and could cost families more than $1,200 a year. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • Also check whether the company has changed its privacy policy or added new controls.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • If records are made to be broken, then stats are made to be changed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • Contamination varied by product type — wet, dry, and air- or freeze-dried — and the type of protein, such as poultry, beef or fish.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Favorability numbers for the mayor among Latinos has varied in polls.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Dayton area has shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990, according to federal data, after the North American Free Trade Agreement shifted many jobs to Mexico where auto parts could be made more cheaply.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, consumer priorities have shifted.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Fluctuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluctuated. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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