volatileness

Definition of volatilenessnext

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Noun
  • Despite extreme market volatility last year – especially in the spring of 2025 – the average 401(k) balance rose by 11% to $146,100, according to new data from Fidelity Investments, which analyzed nearly 25 million accounts.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Risks of dependence on volatile oil markets Aligning with Limón’s position, meanwhile, environmental advocates — including Erika Guzman Cornejo from California Environmental Voters — said global oil volatility shows the risks of continued dependence on fossil fuels.
    Chaewon Chung March 3, Sacbee.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In an effort to construct a system of law that could prevent arbitrary outcomes, the court ended up making room for plenty of arbitrariness in who was allowed to live and who was sentenced to die.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The sense of arbitrariness that had previously bewildered and frustrated me was drowned out by excitement and sheer aesthetic pleasure.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Newsom explains his fickleness differently.
    Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Here, the irregularity of the flat stones infuses earthy charm and visual intrigue into the space, while also blending naturally into the landscape.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 20 Feb. 2026
  • No map—not even special ones developed by the Swiss military and downloadable to one's phone—properly conveys the area's topographical irregularity.
    Alice Gregory, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Less massive objects tend to have rounder orbits, while the most massive, brown-dwarf-like of these objects vary more in their eccentricity.
    Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • My goal was to give Jürgen’s eccentricity a backstory and some context.
    Roger Bennett, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Volatileness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatileness. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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