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variation

[vair-ee-ey-shuhn] / ˌvɛər iˈeɪ ʃən /


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The category encompasses the quintile of stocks with the lowest variation in price moves, emphasizing value sectors like healthcare and financials.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

A Federal Reserve paper published last year found substantial and arbitrary variation in agent commissions across metropolitan areas.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Even with such enormous variation, flower length showed almost no connection to how quickly new cactus species emerged.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

The Gallup-Purdue Index, surveying more than 30,000 graduates on workplace engagement and life satisfaction, finds that institutional type—private vs. public, selective vs. not—explains almost none of the variation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

He revealed later that he’d manipulated the Russian into a variation that Fischer had studied years before, and for which he had originated a favorable response.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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