as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
unpredictable spring weather that makes it really hard to know what to wear
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Recent Examples of unpredictable
The bill aims to protect consumers from automatic price gouging and unpredictable price spikes.
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Prices are subject to rapid, unpredictable changes due to factors like, but not limited to, supply/demand, weather, and geopolitical events.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Farmers around the world are at a critical tipping point, facing mounting challenges such as soil degradation, water scarcity, and increasingly unpredictable weather.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
This makes the results more relevant for real-world operations, where AUVs are used to map the seabed, inspect infrastructure, and navigate unpredictable underwater environments.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Prices are subject to rapid, unpredictable changes due to factors like, but not limited to, supply/demand, weather, and geopolitical events.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Farmers around the world are at a critical tipping point, facing mounting challenges such as soil degradation, water scarcity, and increasingly unpredictable weather.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
This makes the results more relevant for real-world operations, where AUVs are used to map the seabed, inspect infrastructure, and navigate unpredictable underwater environments.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpredictable
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Following Maduro’s capture, Venezuela has entered a volatile and highly managed political transition, one shaped as much by Washington as by internal dynamics.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2026
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By contrast, the Republican plan relies on one-off gimmicks and volatile funding schemes that don’t last.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals, unstable molecules that cause cell damage.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2026
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Some critics argue that the clean energy transition simply trades one dependency for another, shifting reliance from fossil fuels controlled by unstable actors to supply chains heavily concentrated in China.—
Jennifer Granholm,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Unpredictable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpredictable. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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