fluctuating
adjective
fluc·tu·at·ing
ˈflək-chə-ˌwā-tiŋ 
-chü-ˌā-
: changing frequently and uncertainly
a period of fluctuating temperatures/prices
a fluctuating signal
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Examples of fluctuating in a Sentence
a fluctuating stock market makes it hard for investors to know what to do
our speed was constantly fluctuating, so the figure of 50 miles per hour is just an average
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Many rival fans have had a good laugh at Tottenham and their wildly fluctuating results this season.
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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The same amount of water per unit time can arrive as a smooth, steady rain of many small drops or as a strongly fluctuating shower with fewer but much larger drops.
—Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Irwin said that the characters’ runaway emotions are mirrored by the wildly fluctuating time signatures.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The same amount of water per unit time can arrive as a smooth, steady rain of many small drops or as a strongly fluctuating shower with fewer but much larger drops.
—Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Irwin said that the characters’ runaway emotions are mirrored by the wildly fluctuating time signatures.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Fluctuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluctuating. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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