fluctuating

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Emerging-market stocks are typically more volatile than those in developed markets, and the economies can suffer boom-and-bust cycles along with fluctuating commodities prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The Legislative Analyst’s Office said last year that it is hard to predict the exact amount the state will collect because of factors such as fluctuating stock prices, which affect wealth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

As political scientists and pollsters who study Hispanic voting trends, we are concerned with the question of whether these latest movements are real or simply a function of fluctuating Latino Democratic turnout rates.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

From cranking up the heat in the harsh Midwest winters, to fuelling the driving season, they are heavily exposed to the fluctuating price of fossil fuels.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 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