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

Their quick-ramp ability suits the highly variable power needs of data centers.

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

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

Some philosophers and nearly all anthropologists agreed: standards of rationality were, they insisted, local and highly variable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton