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
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
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
To test the distance of the spiral nebulae, a class of intrinsically much brighter variable stars was needed to furnish a new standard candle.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing variable
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