- present participle of fluctuate.
fluctuating
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Families with fluctuating costs should only set aside the money they are sure they’ll spend.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
In performance terms, McLaren have started the season lagging behind pace-setters Mercedes, and fluctuating between second and fourth fastest team, depending on the race.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Markets usually frame questions in a yes-or-no fashion, with the price of a “contract” fluctuating between $0 and $1.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Following the data release, China’s foreign exchange regulator attributed the increase to a valuation effect, driven by a fluctuating U.S. dollar and gains in global financial asset prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Instead of having fluctuating populations that periodically outran their resources and starved, they maintained smaller populations that enjoyed an abundance of food in good years and a sufficiency in bad years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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