- present participle of fluctuate.
fluctuating
- ambivalent adj.
- changeable adj.
- faithless adj.
- fitful adj.
- fluid adj.
- inconstant adj.
- irregular adj.
- irresolute adj.
- mercurial adj.
- mutable adj.
- periodic adj.
- ranging adj.
- spotty adj.
- supererogative adj.
- supererogatory adj.
- swinging adj.
- tottering adj.
- tottery adj.
- uneven adj.
- unpredictable adj.
- unstable adj.
- unstable/unsteady adj.
- unsteady adj.
- vacillating adj.
- variable adj.
- varying adj.
- wanton adj.
- wavering adj.
- wavering adj.
- wavy adj.
- zigzag adj.
- off and on adv.
- off-and-on adv.
- on and off adv.
Example Sentences
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"Of course, we feel caught in the middle," he added, as he he watched a screen showing fluctuating gold prices across the globe.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Recovery in tourism is slow, with monthly figures largely fluctuating in July and August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Investors have increasingly turned to healthcare and biopharma stocks this summer as part of a rotation away from the fluctuating performance of tech and semiconductor stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
What the polls generally failed to foresee—and arguably shouldn’t have been expected to, given the fluctuating field—was that just enough voters would ultimately coalesce behind Crowley to put him over the top.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
In these cases, one mixes pseudorandom numbers from several computers, then incorporates the physical indeterminacy of randomly fluctuating voltages from a “white noise” source.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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