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Recent Examples of volatility
At this price, potential volatility comes with upside.
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Jenny Caitlin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
By developing crops that can thrive under stress and with fewer inputs, Avalo’s technology not only boosts productivity but also strengthens the resilience of agricultural systems facing climate volatility.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
And our pollsters do note that sometimes during shutdowns, there can be a little volatility in these numbers.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
The cryptocurrency is known for its price volatility, but some have gotten rich investing in the coin at the right time.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
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Jenny Caitlin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
By developing crops that can thrive under stress and with fewer inputs, Avalo’s technology not only boosts productivity but also strengthens the resilience of agricultural systems facing climate volatility.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
And our pollsters do note that sometimes during shutdowns, there can be a little volatility in these numbers.
—NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
The cryptocurrency is known for its price volatility, but some have gotten rich investing in the coin at the right time.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
Noun
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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
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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
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For chasers like Olbinski, the monsoon’s fickleness is both a frustration and a thrill.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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It was leased for him by his mother, one of the many eccentricities friends and former business associates described about the otherwise phantom-like man who was always on the cusp of a blockbuster that never quite materialized.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Its clothes simply appear on celebrities, all independently drawn to the handmade eccentricity.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Faults typically contain surface irregularities, known as asperities, which prevent smooth movement between tectonic plates.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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One way to assess possible malignancy is irregularity of a growth, speed of growth, localized lymph node metastasis as evidenced by enlargement of the nodes, and more but there is no substitute for an FNA or removal and biopsy.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The unpredictability of today’s most advanced foundation models is a feature.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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From his very first critique, Flav shifted the unpredictability meter to the max.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There’s no tackiness or flakiness and this particular shade for me, just makes my lips look and feel so pouty and glossy — with a shine that lasts.—
Stixx Mathews,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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But agitation, redness, and dry flakiness aren’t unheard of.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
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My take on this is that a continuous glucose monitor can reveal individual variability in your post-meal glucose levels and increase your awareness of the impact of diet, activity, and sleep on your blood sugar levels.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
5 Nov. 2025
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The uncertainty and variability are usually the top reasons for overpacking.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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