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Recent Examples of volatility
Now a jury is being asked to decide whether the children of the Seminole Tribe were defrauded by the bank managing their trust or sold short by their elders’ skittishness about the volatility of the stock market.
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
Rising prices and market volatility have led to food costs climbing to 11.4% of American’s disposable income, the largest percentage since 1991.
—Jack Buffington, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
Hormone injections cause extreme emotional volatility.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
The impact on school districts School officials said averaging helps rural districts respond to changes in enrollment, which can create volatility given how small their student populations are.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025
Rising prices and market volatility have led to food costs climbing to 11.4% of American’s disposable income, the largest percentage since 1991.
—Jack Buffington, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
Hormone injections cause extreme emotional volatility.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
The impact on school districts School officials said averaging helps rural districts respond to changes in enrollment, which can create volatility given how small their student populations are.
—Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
Noun
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For all of Bournemouth’s eccentricity, there is no unique identity that jumps off the page.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, the large eccentricity means its orbit ranges from as far as 2 astronomical units (300 million km/186 million miles — i.e. twice the Earth–sun distance) from its star to as close as 0.75 AU (112 million km/69.7 million miles).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The brothers recently returned to the U.S. after a judge said the case in Romania could not go to trial because of various legal and procedural irregularities tied to the prosecution.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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In December 2024, however, a Romanian appeals court ruled that the human trafficking case against the Tates could not go to trial due to several legal and procedural irregularities from the prosecutors, per the Associated Press.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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With the flakiness of some music festivals, Normani and Jazmine Sullivan have confirmed their attendance with reposts of their event cards on Instagram.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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This Korean serum staple in Soko Glam Founder Charlotte Cho’s skin-care routine stacks several sizes of hyaluronic acid with moisture-locking panthenol and barrier-strengthening ceramides to rescue dry skin from flakiness.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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