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Recent Examples of variability
ASCs cultivate highly specialized teams, minimize procedural variability, and foster a culture of continuous quality improvement that directly enhances clinical outcomes.
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Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
By tracking glucose levels in real time through a wearable sensor and analyzing the data in its app, the company provides personalized insights into patterns like glucose spikes, variability and insulin sensitivity.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
The platform tracks glucose levels in real time through a wearable sensor and analyzes the data in its app, providing personalized insights into patterns like glucose spikes, variability and insulin sensitivity.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Cofermenting entails some degree of variability, so blouge winemaking is particularly suited to the unpredictability of modern climates.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
Heart rate dropped, systolic blood pressure fell and heart rate variability rose, which are direct, measurable signs of a parasympathetic shift.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
By tracking heart-rate variability and other physiological markers, the study found subjects’ moods significantly improved after looking at yellow flowers.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
In upper watershed areas, where land use transitions from open space to urban zones, scientists also observed greater short-term variability this year, likely linked to urban runoff and possible localized post-fire impacts from the 2025 Eaton Fire.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Participants wore health tracking devices for researchers to monitor their heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) overnight.
—Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 18 May 2026
Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
By tracking glucose levels in real time through a wearable sensor and analyzing the data in its app, the company provides personalized insights into patterns like glucose spikes, variability and insulin sensitivity.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
The platform tracks glucose levels in real time through a wearable sensor and analyzes the data in its app, providing personalized insights into patterns like glucose spikes, variability and insulin sensitivity.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
Cofermenting entails some degree of variability, so blouge winemaking is particularly suited to the unpredictability of modern climates.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026
Heart rate dropped, systolic blood pressure fell and heart rate variability rose, which are direct, measurable signs of a parasympathetic shift.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
By tracking heart-rate variability and other physiological markers, the study found subjects’ moods significantly improved after looking at yellow flowers.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
In upper watershed areas, where land use transitions from open space to urban zones, scientists also observed greater short-term variability this year, likely linked to urban runoff and possible localized post-fire impacts from the 2025 Eaton Fire.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Participants wore health tracking devices for researchers to monitor their heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) overnight.
—Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for variability
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More specifically, genres, whether spoken or written, reflect the changeability of their formal characteristics in connection to changes in the situation and the actions relevant to these genres.—
Tham Thi Nguyen,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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The nightly variance in a league that shot 44 percent from the floor last season is a mathematical nightmare.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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That needs to be addressed before the variance to allow trailer sales and outdoor storage can be addressed, McClure said.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Gold has a longer history as a store of value, a reputation as a safe-haven asset and generally lower volatility.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Our new weekly newsletter, Fortune Gulf Brief, will bring you the smartest coverage of the region, beset now by geopolitical volatility but still one of the most exciting and business-consequential regions in the world.—
Alyson Shontell,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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This copy number variation correlates directly with salivary amylase protein levels — more copies, more enzyme, more starch-digesting capacity.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Pale Gray and Ivory Select a soft white and a soft gray with just a subtle visual variation for a low-contrast, high-style space.—
Lauren Jones,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
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Those who recognize a compositional genius that grew out of constantly shifting dynamics and tempos, jazzy originality and infinite mutability.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The film addresses themes of injustice, accountability in journalism, the mutability of truth, who gets to frame the narrative, and who gets erased.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Dec. 2025
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Improving squad planning In recent years — even when the team stood at the top of European football — there was friction with coaches such as Zinedine Zidane and Ancelotti regarding squad planning, because neither held significant decision-making power and both believed more signings were needed.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Day-to-day, sweat, humidity and friction are the routine wear-and-tear concerns.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
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Together, the findings in chimpanzees and bonobos suggest a rudimentary form of syntax, the rules that govern word order in human language and give it flexibility and creativity.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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But now physicists are learning that the two defining features of quantum mechanics, entanglement and magic, correspond to the two defining features of space, its shape and its flexibility.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
3 June 2026
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To live in greater Los Angeles is to embrace the arbitrariness of it all.—
Meghan Daum,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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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
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“Variability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/variability. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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