volatileness

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Noun
  • During periods of high volatility, bid-ask spreads widen, meaning dealers need larger margins to manage their inventory risk.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Korkmazer added that rising wages, together with energy costs and raw material volatility, will push the Turkish denim sector further toward higher value, better engineering, and stronger quality standards.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • As algorithms replace human deciders, HAI-EIS fellow Kathleen Creel argues arbitrariness at scale is morally and legally problematic.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • That almost feline fickleness mostly has to do with the structure of the comet itself, which can change over time.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Others—financial irregularities, illegalities, corruption—loom in the future.
    Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • These stones offer softness, warmth and a candlelit sparkle that comes from irregularity and hand-cut proportions.
    Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • When eccentricity decreased, the climate shifted toward drier conditions.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The eccentricities of a city define it; in Lagos, transportation is one of them.
    Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Volatileness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatileness. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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