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fluctuation

[fluhk-choo-ey-shuhn] / ˌflʌk tʃuˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
vacillation
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If you hold a bond until maturity, you won’t be affected by this price fluctuation — you know you will receive the bond’s face value at maturity.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

For every 100-calorie increase in daily fluctuation, weight loss decreased by about 0.6% over the study period.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

“The fluctuation in value during this time period is consistent with the entire crypto market, which is typical in a bear market,” company spokeswoman Victoria Davis told me by email.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

It added that the measures underlying the financial-strength scoring don’t reflect utility-company performance well, and that performance improved excluding such factors as unusual tax effects and currency fluctuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

Perhaps the universe is just a quantum fluctuation on a grand scale—an enormous singular particle that came into existence out of the ultimate vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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