vagaries

plural of vagary

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Recent Examples of vagaries While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that of siblings. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Other PAs are responding to the vagaries of the modern entertainment industry by coming together to unionize. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025 Given the vagaries of pitching at altitude at Coors Field, signing an accomplished veteran pitcher via free agency is unlikely. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 Drahi and his team wouldn’t be the first, or the last, corporate titans to trip and stumble in the vagaries of the art market. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 The annual sales events also shine the light on emerging trends while reflecting any economic vagaries. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2025 This approach promises major gains in energy efficiency by embracing, rather than resisting, the vagaries of the second law of thermodynamics. Anil Seth, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 Where fans once relied on the vagaries of radio play and magazine spreads to engage with their favorite artists, today’s fans form tightknit communities on social media platforms like TikTok and Discord. Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025 Many use it to create scenarios around earnings projections against the vagaries of tariffs, policy shifts, technology investments and more. Diane Brady, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagaries
whims
Noun
  • The Fed’s independence has been central to the United States’ role as the globe’s preeminent economic power; investors worldwide believe the central bank won’t act on a president’s whims.
    Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This should be five-alarm fire for Wall Street, an institution that owes much of its success to the existence of a US monetary policy nerve center that is, by law and by tradition, insulated from the whims of any one party or politician.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Vagaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagaries. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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