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variable

[vair-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈvɛər i ə bəl /


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One misunderstanding of a variable interest rate or a cosigner’s responsibilities can blow up decades of financial planning.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

British summers will always be variable, and no two years will be exactly alike.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Private funds can carry hefty, highly variable, often bewildering fees.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A self-admitted overthinker, he considers every variable ad nauseum.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

I don’t have a variable for eye color, but I bet his uniqueness would scare some people.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

That metric gauges how likely chances are to result in goals, taking into account a range of variables, and Arsenal finished with almost three times the xG total of City.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

“An accurate analysis of why numbers went up or down must look at how numerous changes interact as a whole rather than examining individual variables separately,” it said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

One of the difficulties in compiling this report was the analysis suffers from what the team refers to as the “omitted variables problem.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Computer models allowed them to explore how different variables interacted and to predict changes that would be difficult to measure directly in every experiment.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Often, because of the variables in the actual arena, high-scoring tributes go down almost immediately.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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