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as in adjustable
capable of being readily changed
a variable expense that we could reduce if we needed to
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as in volatile
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
highly variable income from his job as a real estate agent
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as in variable star
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Recent Examples of variable
Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Rocque financed the deal with a five-year, $2.5 million loan set with a variable interest rate from MidFirst Bank, per public records.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
Ben Coxworth
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2025
Ultimately, through these variables, Laurison and Friedman were able to account for 46 percent of the class pay gap, but that leaves 54 percent unaccounted for.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2025
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Adjective
Making sure all the materials would withstand the variable Kansas weather was also an important step.
—Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Rocque financed the deal with a five-year, $2.5 million loan set with a variable interest rate from MidFirst Bank, per public records.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
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For this reason, the scientists had to develop a special algorithm that compensates for those changing variables by continuously adjusting the thrust delivered by each propeller.
—Ben Coxworth
may 29, New Atlas, 29 May 2025
Ultimately, through these variables, Laurison and Friedman were able to account for 46 percent of the class pay gap, but that leaves 54 percent unaccounted for.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variable
Adjective
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Rising prices, fomenting trade wars, and uncertainty about when tariffs will go into effect has led to a volatile economic climate.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
4 June 2025
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Shortly after, Mars will square Uranus on June 15, creating a volatile energy between your desire for personal freedom and autonomy, versus unpredictable events that shake up your day-to-day routines and sense of stability.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The offices that thrive in this new phase will be those that establish clear and adaptable roles, cultivate a culture of institutional memory, and utilize technology and partnerships to maximize the potential of small, high-impact teams.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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The more adaptable the schedule, the more positively employees view their company’s policies, the Cisco report also found.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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Entrepreneurs who want to survive must meet our current reality by staying as flexible as the market is unpredictable.—
Cynthia Pong,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Love can get a little wild and unpredictable this month.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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The object could be a white dwarf—an Earth-sized husk that remains after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
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The most likely scenario is a Type Ia supernova, which occurs in binary star systems in which a white dwarf consumes enough mass of its companion star to explode violently.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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Everything has to be centred on them, perhaps with a flexible back three with three attacking midfielders: Havertz as a false nine, Musiala half left, Wirtz half right.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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The spacious, luminous cabin measures 800 cubic feet with a 6-foot-5-inch ceiling, comfortably accommodating four or more passengers in a luxurious, flexible layout.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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These waves may also create detectable radio signals, potentially allowing astronomers to catch two distinct bursts from a single neutron star–black hole collision.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
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With their extremely strong magnetic fields, these neutron stars – small, dense collapsed cores of supergiant stars – are capable of producing the powerful bursts of energy that have been observed for years.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 May 2025
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Related article Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe Highly dynamic, luminous quasars are rare, according to NASA.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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The new findings describe a galactic battle between the galaxy on the right in the image above, which hosts an actively feeding black hole, a quasar, at its center, and its neighbor on the left, which is being bombarded by intense radiation that disrupts its ability to form new stars.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 May 2025
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“Variable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variable. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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