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Recent Examples of volatility
Osvald Søe, 20, Wilson Eisner, 24, and Kieran Sargeant, 22, have all contributed to a developmental foundation that gives Varas’ club energy, athleticism, upside, and, at times, understandable volatility.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Tensions in the Middle East have caused bouts of Treasury market volatility in the first quarter, offering a preview of how quickly geopolitical shocks can transmit into financial conditions.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
As the landscape continues to favor those who prioritize sustainable profitability alongside expansion, the retailers and brands who can master this balancing act will not only survive current market volatility but will emerge as the most attractive targets for future investment and acquisition.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
But underneath Owen’s mistakes and volatility, the actor believes the character always represented something deeper.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Tensions in the Middle East have caused bouts of Treasury market volatility in the first quarter, offering a preview of how quickly geopolitical shocks can transmit into financial conditions.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
As the landscape continues to favor those who prioritize sustainable profitability alongside expansion, the retailers and brands who can master this balancing act will not only survive current market volatility but will emerge as the most attractive targets for future investment and acquisition.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
But underneath Owen’s mistakes and volatility, the actor believes the character always represented something deeper.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
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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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Extreme violence is now a large part of this repertoire of arbitrariness.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 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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Of course, in addition to being perfect by becoming a doctor, John had selected, despite her eccentricities, the perfect mate in their parents’ eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
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Still, even an understanding of Turner’s eccentricities didn’t prepare the Braves to learn the morning of their game against Pittsburgh that the team’s owner was now the manager.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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However, the primary contractor for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost, Northrop Grumman, soon acknowledged there was a manufacturing irregularity.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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As an example of this irregularity, between 2000 and 2099, there will be 25 leap days, including the starting year, but in the following three centuries, there will only be 24 leap days.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Leaders win by using AI for smart defaults, then deliberately injecting serendipity, live unpredictability and human imperfection.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Living in a state known for beauty and unpredictability, mothers in Florida learn how to balance joy with preparedness.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 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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Gentle exfoliants are essential for all skin types, especially those that are prone to flakiness.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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The device works with a new health coach within the new Google Health app for iOS and Android and tracks steps, distance, sleep, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, resting heart rate and heart rate variability.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Some of this variability has created conditions that have allowed hantavirus to flourish, experts say.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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