fluctuations

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The department cleared about 38% of violent crimes in 2018 and about 47% in 2024, with several fluctuations within that range in the years between, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Two hours away, plastic traders in storage hub Zhangmutou said price fluctuations were the worst they've seen in decades.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Instead, they could have formed randomly through fluctuations in entropy, giving the appearance of a coherent history that never actually occurred.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

That means that short-term fluctuations in the stock market can cause large swings in quarterly earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The no boundary condition, however, implied that these fluctuations were as small as they could be, consistent with the uncertainty principle.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking