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Recent Examples of variability
The collection combines Billy, the company’s new AI platform, with laser technology and Atmos, a process with G2 ozone technology to eliminate manual processes, reduce variability and minimize environmental impact.
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Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
The Oura Ring 4 has red and green infrared LEDs to measure blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate, plus skin temperature sensors and an accelerometer.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
That variability also means that there is more room to find ways to save.
—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
That variability, Chen argues, highlights some of the surface-level limitations.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
These include health data, including your heart rate and heart rate variability, blood oxygen, sweat and stress levels, behavioral patterns, neurological changes and even brain waves.
—Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
This coordination allowed stable energy transfer despite movement and environmental variability.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
In those cases, airflow, humidity and temperature can be partially stabilized, reducing the variability that comes with outdoor environments.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
That lack of oversight can lead to wide variability.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
The Oura Ring 4 has red and green infrared LEDs to measure blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate, plus skin temperature sensors and an accelerometer.
—Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
That variability also means that there is more room to find ways to save.
—Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
That variability, Chen argues, highlights some of the surface-level limitations.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
These include health data, including your heart rate and heart rate variability, blood oxygen, sweat and stress levels, behavioral patterns, neurological changes and even brain waves.
—Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
This coordination allowed stable energy transfer despite movement and environmental variability.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
In those cases, airflow, humidity and temperature can be partially stabilized, reducing the variability that comes with outdoor environments.
—Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
That lack of oversight can lead to wide variability.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variability
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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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That changeability brings a need for equally adaptable clothing.—
Nick Hendry,
Robb Report,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those areas did, however, feature variances in local magnetic fields, humidity, and lighting levels, suggesting that such sensations are simply people responding to normal environmental factors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kerr’s motion offense helped the Warriors become a dynasty by freeing up all-time great jumpshooters Curry and Klay Thompson, but some in the organization believe the offensive attack is too open to 3-point variance, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Anthony Slater.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Toward the end of this week’s episode, Daisy calls him out on his tendency to make up for volatility with charm.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The volatility money will pay for an infusion of $300 million into the child care endowment fund, Ritter said.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, until it can be established by either fossil evidence or genetic variation that the trees were here before the Chumash, this possibility cannot be discounted.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Its position in the north of the valley doesn’t allow the cooling influences of the Pacific Ocean and San Pablo Bay to reach it, making for fairly warm temperatures and decreased variation in day-to-night temperatures when compared to the rest of the valley.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2026
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Those who recognize a compositional genius that grew out of constantly shifting dynamics and tempos, jazzy originality and infinite mutability.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The film addresses themes of injustice, accountability in journalism, the mutability of truth, who gets to frame the narrative, and who gets erased.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Dec. 2025
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Change one thing that reduces friction or saves time, then build from there.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, given the growing demand and often better profitability in overseas markets, Chinese automakers have been shifting from exporting cars from China to building more factories overseas, including in Hungary and Turkey, to increase supplies abroad and avert trade friction.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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This flexibility is important for expeditionary operations, where infrastructure may be limited or damaged.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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While stars rarely hit free agency in today’s NBA, the threat and flexibility of a team holding max-level salary cap space can help facilitate a trade for such a player.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Extreme violence is now a large part of this repertoire of arbitrariness.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
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The execution of Jesus reveals the utter arbitrariness of political power.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Variability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variability. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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