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Recent Examples of volatility
For too long, families and businesses have been at the mercy of a fossil fuel industry that profits from scarcity and price volatility while passing the costs on to customers.
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Julianna Larue, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Into that volatility, the machines trade on — faster than any human, and for now, less visibly than any regulator would like.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Analysts warn of high volatility due to the company’s lack of profitability and Musk’s 85% control over voting shares.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Market volatility, tariff shifts, changing consumer behavior, inventory pressure and margin erosion are happening simultaneously, forcing brands and retailers to make faster, more strategic decisions across their businesses.
—Sj Studio, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
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Julianna Larue, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
Into that volatility, the machines trade on — faster than any human, and for now, less visibly than any regulator would like.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Analysts warn of high volatility due to the company’s lack of profitability and Musk’s 85% control over voting shares.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Market volatility, tariff shifts, changing consumer behavior, inventory pressure and margin erosion are happening simultaneously, forcing brands and retailers to make faster, more strategic decisions across their businesses.
—Sj Studio, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
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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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Harris drove in three runs in the 11-5 win, offering a reminder of baseball’s fickleness.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Newsom explains his fickleness differently.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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Where the movie’s true eccentricity comes in is in its combination of breezy comedy with shocking brutality and gore, perhaps most exemplified in an oddly casual moment in a morgue where Seagal and Wayans find a clue in the form of a serial number on a dead woman’s breast implant.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
5 June 2026
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Luna spends the day in the socially conscious sign of Aquarius, shifting the emotional tone toward intellect, perspective, eccentricity and detachment.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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The immediate trigger for Saturday’s protest was the reported irregularity in a recent exam that quickly became a broader outlet for frustration over India’s education system and limited job opportunities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 June 2026
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But there is also the question of Liverpool adapting to him, and whether a squad of players who pressed with irregularity last season can be whipped into shape.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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The actor argued that social media creates the illusion of intimacy while removing the unpredictability that comes with genuine human connection.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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That unpredictability is why early awareness matters.—
Jay Sparks,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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And agents introduce a new form of flakiness stemming from the fact that LLMs are non-deterministic.—
Ethan Pronev,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Others mistakenly describe these acts as flakiness, disobedience, laziness, or personal failure in the absence of context.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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Researchers examined whether regular use could influence physiological measures associated with stress regulation, including heart rate variability, a marker of autonomic nervous system function.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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The researchers found wide variability.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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