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Recent Examples of volatility While any transition at the Fed can introduce a higher degree of market volatility, this scenario would almost certainly amplify volatility as markets look for clarity on next steps. —
Rachel Barber, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 When an affordable rate is found, borrowers may also want to consider locking it in to protect against any market volatility still ahead. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 The global surge in AI investment continues to benefit technology activity while the sheer volatility on world markets is a boon to trading firms. —Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta. —Fabiano Maisonnave, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for volatility
Rachel Barber, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 When an affordable rate is found, borrowers may also want to consider locking it in to protect against any market volatility still ahead. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 The global surge in AI investment continues to benefit technology activity while the sheer volatility on world markets is a boon to trading firms. —Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 Oil and gas volatility could be a tailwind for the first-ever summit of its kind, which starts Friday in the city of Santa Marta. —Fabiano Maisonnave, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for volatility
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volatility
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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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The execution of Jesus reveals the utter arbitrariness of political power.— The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
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Newsom explains his fickleness differently.— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
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The fickleness of decisions relieved some and cursed others.— Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
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Screenwriter Craig Mazin finds a way, however, by smartly retooling Swann’s story for a younger audience, stripping out the text’s more violent eccentricities, while preserving the universally winning curiosity of the premise.— Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
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The album is full of strange, brilliant contradictions; Oklou slides masterfully between fun and eccentricity, pump and pathos.— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 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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What a perfect time for Talladega, where the one constant is unpredictability.— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Prediction markets love the president’s unpredictability, his need to keep people guessing about his next move or social media post, leading to more wagers in these betting venues and more fees for them.— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 23 Apr. 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 collection combines Billy, the company’s new AI platform, with laser technology and Atmos, a process with G2 ozone technology to eliminate manual processes, reduce variability and minimize environmental impact.— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
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The Oura Ring 4 has red and green infrared LEDs to measure blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate, plus skin temperature sensors and an accelerometer.— Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Volatility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/volatility. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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