How to Use fluctuation in a Sentence

fluctuation

noun

• 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
• So, there should be an additional warming trend superimposed over the fluctuations in carbon dioxide.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
• Since young graduates are more actively looking for work than those who are mid-career, their jobless rate is more prone to fluctuations that can hint at corporate confidence and hiring trends.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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, 11 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, 29 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
• For their part, food businesses and restaurants have adapted to the fluctuations this season.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• Stretch marks are scars that appear on the skin due to rapid shrinking or expanding, as with weight fluctuation or pregnancy.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• Salaries are pegged to the dollar to protect against currency fluctuations.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024