variable

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But another variable may yet prove relevant to the timeline of his remaining presidency, which hasn’t quite three years to run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

"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

For those focused on dividend yields, keep in mind that some energy companies pay variable quarterly dividends, with these policies explained in quarterly earnings releases.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

In 1956, astronomers discovered that Cepheid variables were more variable than they had thought; they came in two varieties, not one.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson