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Recent Examples of volatility
While Iran’s past actions have done little to earn trust, some believed that there’s an opportunity to contain further regional volatility.
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Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 17 June 2025
And film studios that rely on blockbuster releases are expected to face continuing box office volatility.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
During the height of the drought, water supplies from Lake Oroville for municipal and agricultural uses were threatened, exemplifying the volatility in California's water system.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Household confidence shaken Market volatility is having a significant effect on savers in Sweden, a country renowned for its high level of household savings in investment funds among its 10.5 million population.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 6 June 2025
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Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 17 June 2025
And film studios that rely on blockbuster releases are expected to face continuing box office volatility.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
During the height of the drought, water supplies from Lake Oroville for municipal and agricultural uses were threatened, exemplifying the volatility in California's water system.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Household confidence shaken Market volatility is having a significant effect on savers in Sweden, a country renowned for its high level of household savings in investment funds among its 10.5 million population.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
Noun
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For comparison, Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.0167 and is therefore close to circular; at the other extreme, an orbital eccentricity of 1 would be parabolic.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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Class struggle is reflected in the way that the back-alley heavy, Atticus Hawk, dismisses the ivory-tower eccentricity of the occult specialist Scholar Vitali.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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About a year ago in May 2024, a historically powerful geomagnetic storm was responsible for some reports of power grid irregularities and interference with GPS signals – even farming equipment.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Italian football loves a scandal, and Brescia have been demoted to Serie C after receiving a points deduction for financial irregularities.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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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 24 Jun. 2025.
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