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Still, the fact that the weird home exercise equipment corporation—er, sorry, media company—is one of the most potentially lucrative platforms for musicians is yet another bizarre vagary of the modern music industry.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

An interesting, sciencey explanation of the Y chromosome and sex distinction in all it’s vagary and confusion, and the strange trip through the behaviors of the life span of the males of many species.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019

It covers the whole wide world of early-19th-century trade, and it evinces a worldly acceptance of human disparity and vagary.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2018

If Kiprotich's victory was surprising, it also represented the vagary and possibility of running 26.2 miles.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2012

As Sullivan saw it, “Burnham came out of his somnambulistic vagary and joined in. He was keen enough to understand that ‘Uncle Dick’”—meaning Hunt—“had done him a needed favor.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

First, practice distinguishing between what the Constitution says and what judges and justices say about the Constitution, a document riddled with aspirational vagaries and flexible abstractions.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Sodium-ion technology is notable because it could free batteries from the vagaries of the lithium price cycle, the analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The vagaries of the schedule are something that figures to hamper MLS teams all season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

A once proud, close-knit community has been left to the vagaries of absentee landlords, rising deprivation and residents who often don't want to be here.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Reverend Goodacre discussed the vagaries of the cotton market with my father.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly