vagary

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Changing consumer preferences are also playing a role in lower demand, but the industry has always coped with the vagaries of the market.

From The Wall Street Journal

The vagaries of trade figures added around 1.6 percentage points to the overall tally.

From Barron's

That may, of course, be Mr. Joseph’s point: We are as confounded by the tortuous vagaries of their painful histories, and by their stubborn inability to connect, as they themselves are.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not subject to these vagaries is a metric analysts typically use for subscription software companies: annual recurring revenue.

From Barron's

Isabella Dalla Ragione hunts in abandoned gardens and orchards for forgotten fruits, preserving Italy's agricultural heritage and saving varieties which could help farmers withstand the vagaries of a changing climate.

From Barron's