Thesaurus / fluctuation
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Your research adviser suggested that it may just have been random fluctuations from two sources.
CAN YOU COVER THE GLOBE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSAUGUST 28, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThat indefiniteness is known as “quantum uncertainty,” and, unfortunately also as “quantum fluctuation.”
SCHRÖDINGER’S CAT WHEN NOBODY IS LOOKING - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEDANIEL SUDARSKYAUGUST 26, 2020NAUTILUSIn that case, the wild fluctuations in the polls from, say, 1976 or 1988 might not be as relevant.
OUR ELECTION FORECAST DIDN’T SAY WHAT I THOUGHT IT WOULDNATE SILVER (NRSILVER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 17, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIt’s possible that some of the fluctuations in weekly claims aren’t that meaningful at this point, since the numbers are so huge.
YES, UNEMPLOYMENT FELL. BUT THE RECOVERY SEEMS TO BE SLOWING DOWN.NEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)AUGUST 7, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSo if we use GSC data to measure brand, we might be able to see some fluctuations in interest but, if we’re using Google Analytics terminology, our data is basically sampled at 15%.
WHY SEOS SHOULD CARE ABOUT BRANDROBIN LORDJULY 31, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDAs they appear, these virtual particles cause space-time to gently warp around them, creating random fluctuations known as space-time foam.
HOW THE BITS OF QUANTUM GRAVITY CAN BUZZTHOMAS LEWTONJULY 23, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEIt’s a pretty huge fluctuation in 35 years’ time, especially barring events that would take out a big chunk of people at once, like world wars, natural disasters, or pandemics.
THIS CENTURY WILL SEE MASSIVE SHIFTS IN THE GLOBAL POPULATION, ECONOMY, AND POWER STRUCTUREVANESSA BATES RAMIREZJULY 16, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Revenue derived from Snapchat this year is consistent with last year, despite some fluctuations, Cohen said.
INSIDE LGBT+ PUBLISHER PINKNEWS’ PIVOT TO PAIDLARA O'REILLYJULY 15, 2020DIGIDAYThese fluctuations in sex hormones can happen as a newborn develops, during puberty or as a result of aging.
SCIENCE OF ‘SEINFELD’LGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSOne disadvantage of this system was the fluctuation of the value of the tobacco, based upon the law of supply and demand.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYWORDS RELATED TO FLUCTUATION
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
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- demurral
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- procrastination
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- scruple
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- skepticism
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- tentativeness
- timidity
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- unwillingness
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- wavering
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
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- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- alternation
- anxiety
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- changeability
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- about-face
- argument
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- different strokes
- disaccord
- disagreement
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- disunity
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- flip-flop
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- incongruity
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- mid-course correction
- mutation
- separation
- severing
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- switch
- transmogrification
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- variation
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- exception
- fluctuation
- inequality
- innovation
- modification
- mutation
- novelty
- shift
- swerve
- turn
- unconformity
- variety
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