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 Most critics either loved it or hated it, and they were split right down the middle, with a Tomatometer rating that has fluctuated around 50% since the film’s release. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026 In the western state of Táchira, the cuts fluctuated between 34 and 58 hours per week. — Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 The number of servers running the software has fluctuated from 19,000 in the week following the patch to about 12,000 in the weeks following that. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026 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 Pirilä created a presentation for P’s teachers and aides, with two dozen charts showing how his IEP and ABA interventions fluctuated in effectiveness. — Beth Hawkins, Denver Post, 15 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
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  • That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed.
    — Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • The researchers varied how many dots moved together, ranging from 81 percent of the dots coherently moving together, which is trivially easy to determine, down to 3 percent, which is barely distinguishable from noise.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its Visit Rwanda campaign has partnered with prominent European soccer clubs, including Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid and Bayern Munich, though the arrangements have varied.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted Ohio’s gubernatorial race toward Democratic candidate Amy Acton on Friday after a week of backlash over an ad Republican Vivek Ramaswamy ran featuring her estranged mother.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The risk shifted to Utah's southeast, where streams ran fast and high.
    — MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Fluctuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluctuated. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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