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variable

[vair-ee-uh-buhl] / ˈvɛər i ə bəl /


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The extent of hurricane season later in the summer could be a major variable for later this season, he added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

But monetary policy operates with long and variable lags.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Fifa deployed variable pricing, rather than dynamic pricing, which sees prices changed at each sales point based on previous demand.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

“Masters of the Universe” is a key variable in that equation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

When Newton denoted position with the variable x, he realized that velocity is simply the fluxion—what modern mathematicians call the derivative—of x: x.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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