as in unpredictable
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
a boss of volatile moods is frustrating to work for
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Recent Examples of volatile
That’s unusually volatile in the history of the index, but actually calmer than April, which had four such up days and five days of outsized losses.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 June 2025
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 2.5% from a year earlier, below the March figure of 2.7%, and the lowest in more than four years.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
What To Know Tesla has experienced a volatile few months as Musk gave time to his political activity, including spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tasked with identifying waste and fraud in federal spending.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
All of those issues could lead to a potentially volatile special session.
—Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 2 June 2025
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 2.5% from a year earlier, below the March figure of 2.7%, and the lowest in more than four years.
—Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
What To Know Tesla has experienced a volatile few months as Musk gave time to his political activity, including spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tasked with identifying waste and fraud in federal spending.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
All of those issues could lead to a potentially volatile special session.
—Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatile
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As federal environmental policy undergoes rapid and often unpredictable shifts through reversals, reinterpretations and sometimes outright dismantling, businesses are left navigating a compliance landscape that feels more like quicksand than solid ground.—
John F. McQuillan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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John Daly and Tiger Woods share a legendary and unpredictable bond.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Sitting places the glutes in a lengthened, inactive state that pushes the pelvis forward and puts the lower back at a painfully compressed, mechanical disadvantage, which in turn creates a posture that feels tight, stiff and unstable.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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Business models are under pressure, distribution is unstable, and competition for attention is fiercer than ever.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
29 May 2025
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Based on the base and variable dividends paid over the past 12 months, FANG stock offers a dividend yield of nearly 3.9%.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
1 June 2025
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In summary, northwestern Sardinia is a variable but fertile landscape raked by rainstorms and windstorms.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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Frustrated by long 311 hold times or inconsistent trash pickup?—
Melanie La Rocca,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2025
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This is at odds with the concept of getting the most out of every customer deal by wielding inconsistent discounts and surcharges when certain situations arise.—
Chris Mele,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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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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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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But the biggest parts of the state budget remain unsettled.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2025
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Portions of the central U.S. will remain unsettled for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday with additional rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms sweeping through.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
24 May 2025
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Though Bonnie had experience with bottle babies, this kitten's fragile condition made survival uncertain.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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His departure marks the second shortest time any actor has spent as the Doctor — logging in just one more season than Christopher Eccleston — and certainly leaves the future of the iconic British show uncertain.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
31 May 2025
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“Volatile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatile. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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