fluctuation
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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
That’s nearly triple its average daily fluctuation over the previous five years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"While a laser looks to the naked eye like a steady beam, there's actually a lot of fluctuation, which causes noise when you're using lasers for measurement," says Vamivakas.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
There will be a small amount of fluctuation in every person's grey matter over time, but these results with a dip of nearly 5% are unexpected, Carmona says.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
The fluctuation in the energy in the vacuum is the same thing as a fluctuation in the amount of mass.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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