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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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The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 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
Noun
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Every genius needs their eccentricities.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Lovers of maximalist eccentricity have reclaimed the word and redefined it in a more positive tone.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Others—financial irregularities, illegalities, corruption—loom in the future.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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These stones offer softness, warmth and a candlelit sparkle that comes from irregularity and hand-cut proportions.—
Malaika Crawford,
Vogue,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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These drones represent a class of relatively inexpensive, expendable unmanned systems designed to overwhelm defences through sheer numbers and unpredictability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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The league added an extra playoff team in each conference in 2020, which further increased unpredictability and gave more franchises a bite at the playoff apple.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Used on dry hair before shampooing, the rinse-out treatment relies on lactic, tartaric, and benzoic acids to loosen dead skin, unclog follicles, and rebalance the scalp—key steps for managing dandruff and flakiness.—
Allure,
Allure,
18 Dec. 2025
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This might cause dryness, flakiness and itching, sometimes leading to infections.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2025
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The length of cold required to break dormancy in any particular tree species depends on both the length of typical winter and the variability of winter temperature patterns where a species evolved.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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But a more recent line of research has pushed back against these notions, using statistical analysis to suggest that the apparent variations in response are just the result of measurement error and day-to-day biological variability.—
Outside,
Outside,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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