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 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 This change was particularly noteworthy because credit ratings of Israel have fluctuated in the past few years. Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 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 For this reason trailing P/E ratios have fluctuated between the mid single-digits and 35-40 for refiners like Phillips and Marathon Petroleum over the past ten years (excluding the pandemic period). Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 SpaceX shares have fluctuated since the company debuted at $135. Janet Lorin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
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  • In 2025, World Tennis, the sport’s world governing body, changed the rules, allowing it essentially everywhere.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But that all changed last week at the stroke of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s pen.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Other recent estimates have varied from 2 million barrels per day to 6 million barrels per day.
    Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But their chances of a speedy ruling have varied dramatically.
    Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • How the rule will work in practice shifted between when the memorandum of understanding was signed and what’s in the new CBA.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Still, the threats have increased for the islands of Niihau and Kauai because the storm's forecast track has shifted steadily eastward, the National Hurricane Center said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Fluctuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluctuated. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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