volatileness

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Noun
  • The earnings followed a period of extreme volatility for oil prices, particularly in March, as energy market participants closely monitored severe disruption through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Sure, volatility, complexity, chaos and post-truth behavior are colliding.
    Sarah DaVanzo, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • To live in greater Los Angeles is to embrace the arbitrariness of it all.
    Meghan Daum, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • In both novels, young people are trying to figure out how life works, confounded by the arbitrariness of what is presented to them as natural.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Harris drove in three runs in the 11-5 win, offering a reminder of baseball’s fickleness.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Newsom explains his fickleness differently.
    Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • However, the primary contractor for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, Northrop Grumman, soon acknowledged there was a manufacturing irregularity.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • As an example of this irregularity, between 2000 and 2099, there will be 25 leap days, including the starting year, but in the following three centuries, there will only be 24 leap days.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Of course, in addition to being perfect by becoming a doctor, John had selected, despite her eccentricities, the perfect mate in their parents’ eyes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • Still, even an understanding of Turner’s eccentricities didn’t prepare the Braves to learn the morning of their game against Pittsburgh that the team’s owner was now the manager.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 6 May 2026
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“Volatileness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatileness. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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