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Recent Examples of volatility
Stock price volatility has dropped to its lowest levels of the year, while stocks remain at all-time highs.
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Garrett Haake, NBC news, 10 July 2025
For the past three years, capacity volatility has been ranging around 250 percent higher than in 2012, with variability often reaching up to 300 percent higher.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 July 2025
Beyond market volatility, Nvidia faces ongoing geopolitical challenges that threaten its access to one of its largest markets.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Trump’s imposition of the highest tariffs in generations shocked the world in April, triggering extreme volatility on Wall Street.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Garrett Haake, NBC news, 10 July 2025
For the past three years, capacity volatility has been ranging around 250 percent higher than in 2012, with variability often reaching up to 300 percent higher.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 July 2025
Beyond market volatility, Nvidia faces ongoing geopolitical challenges that threaten its access to one of its largest markets.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Trump’s imposition of the highest tariffs in generations shocked the world in April, triggering extreme volatility on Wall Street.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
Noun
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Cena, despite his attempts at wackadoo eccentricity, seldom has enough energy to create meaningful contrast with Elba’s straight man (in fact, Elba is often the funnier and sharper of the two), and most dialogue scenes end up flat and repetitive.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
27 June 2025
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That’s a straightforward but wonderfully satisfying template, and the kind of thing that’s become a rarity in a genre where the main character’s eccentricities might as well be a shorthand that distinguishes one show from another.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Menstrual irregularities can also indicate stress, hormonal imbalances, gynecological diseases and infections.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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Like Nakashima, who created one-off wooden furnishings that embraced all the irregularities of wood, FormaFantasma also allowed the natural materials to be the most prominent feature of these works.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
26 June 2025
Noun
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In the future, do not allow Ruth to borrow your car, and remember her flakiness when making plans.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
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And this can lead to greasiness, dryness, flakiness or itchiness (or some combination of the four) of the scalp.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
22 May 2025
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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