variance
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Recently, “we pointed to the wide variance when it came to Street price targets as reflective of the uncertainty in the name, and thus incrementally supportive of owning the volatility,” wrote Jacobson.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The actual discrepancy, Tinoco said, was 103 votes — a variance of 0.016%.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
While polling heading into the primary showed a lot of variance, the average converged on Paxton leading the race by about 4 points.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
Test cricket is a rich tapestry - no other sport has such a variance in conditions holding such influence over the outcome.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
This discovery—called regression to the mean—would have a powerful effect on the science of measurement and the concept of variance.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing variance
Mechanical Engineering
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Structural Engineering
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