variable

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Poppies here have typically peaked around mid-April, but variable weather in recent years has made it hard to predict, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“I’ve seen my share of less savvy investors who have had brokers and insurance salespeople put their IRAs into deferred variable annuities,” says North Vale, N.J.-based financial adviser John Coumarianos.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Global energy markets now hinge on a volatile new variable: battle damage assessments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"When light is 'lensed', the different paths the light follows to get to Earth don't all have the same length, so light moving along different paths takes variable amounts of time to reach us."

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Some observers have reported variable white clouds above that disk—most likely, clouds of methane crystals.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan