volatile
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In the less volatile three-month comparison, new orders from April to June were up 1.3%, Destatis said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
While DBS’s 2Q profit beat consensus estimates, Tan flags it was driven by volatile items, such as a repayment-driven general provisions writeback and lower-than-expected total provisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
MP Materials, a volatile small-cap since its 2020 special-purpose acquisition company debut, has swung between boom and bust for rare-earth investors but has never teetered on the edge of failure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Deeply shadowed lunar craters can trap water and other volatile materials for extremely long periods.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The telltale sonic boom indicated that the plane had pushed through the volatile transonic region into the state of smoother, all-supersonic flows.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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