How to Use fluctuation in a Sentence

fluctuation

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  • There tends to be a fluctuation of wet years, then dry years.
    — Yoohyun Jung, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • In the fall, our skin may feel in constant fluctuation and during the winter, more dry.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 17 June 2024
  • That area also has seen the greatest fluctuations over the past couple of months.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Zotov and his colleagues believe the fluctuation could be caused by the Earth's tides.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Breasts swell and begin to feel sore due to fluctuations in hormones.
    — Lauren Gelman, Parents, 22 July 2023
  • Think 2035, maybe even more — this is a buy-and-hold play with tons of long-term growth in store, with possibly large near-term fluctuations!
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • This will be met with extreme year-to-year fluctuations, evidenced by the near-record lows, followed by near-record highs seen in the last decade.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But the latter expired in 2004, setting the stage for a new upward fluctuation.
    — Theodore Modis, Scientific American, 28 Aug. 2023
  • If your cold sweats are due to hormonal fluctuations due to menopause, talk to your doctor about ways to manage them.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The receiver position that saw the most fluctuation in the spring was the Z receiver.
    — oregonlive, 13 May 2021
  • Of course, there are a host of factors driving these changes, but the needs of the mentally ill do not decrease just because of fluctuations in the market.
    — Ed Martin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
  • These do no offer a fluctuation in pant length and function only as pants.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Since it is priced in dollars on a global market, like oil, currency fluctuations can add to the risks for some.
    — Vanessa Gera, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
  • In the event of a power fluctuation, for example, only the charger would be destroyed and not the phone itself, Ms. Jones said.
    — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Inside the cell, the expression of a gene can and does fluctuate, and those fluctuations are random.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
  • What triggers a patch to slow down and pinch off is merely a random quantum fluctuation.
    — Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Some fluctuation in data, such as the June 25 spike, is due to states revising criteria for deaths due to Covid-19.
    — Charles Passy and John Lyons, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2020
  • These fluctuations in the Pacific—the greatest short-term control on global climate—once caught the world off guard.
    — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 28 Apr. 2023
  • This is at best just a very small fluctuation, attributable to the actual changing amount of light and heat the Sun emits over its cycle.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2011
  • But every vacuum still had some sort of fluctuation in the quantum fields.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Some of this will be made up of stock options, the full value of which might never be realized due to fluctuations in stock prices and vesting schedules.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 19 Sep. 2024
  • It is believed that they are caused by extreme fluctuations in weather or temperatures that slow and stop the tip growth.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
  • Note that the rates and fee structures advertised for mortgages are subject to fluctuation in accordance with the Fed rate.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 29 July 2024
  • Note that the rates and fee structures advertised for mortgages are subject to fluctuation in accordance with the Fed rate.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • These fluctuations set the stage for tag numbers every year, and were felt especially hard this year.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2023
  • Yes, there’s always a bit of seasonal fluctuation as the weather cools.
    — Alexandra Ossola, Quartz, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The credit returned soon after, a drama source from the industry tells us, but the fluctuations have done damage.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Many of the new sleep-stage algorithms rely on heart-rate variability, or HRV, the subtle fluctuations in timing from one beat to the next.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For their part, food businesses and restaurants have adapted to the fluctuations this season.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • Pregnancy is associated with hormonal fluctuations across the three trimesters, which can lead to fatigue, drowsiness, and the frequent need to urinate at night, Drerup added.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024

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