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Noun
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Bond market volatility, as measured by the MOVE Index, surged more than 3 standard deviations above its recent average, reaching the highest level since the pandemic shock in March 2020.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025 -
Out of your control: market volatility, interest rates, elections, corporate earnings, Federal Reserve decisions.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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That fateful connection would snowball into a lifelong friendship and artistic partnership that thrives on curiosity, trust and unabashed eccentricity.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
30 Apr. 2025
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Through the divination trial, the audience learns that much of Lilia’s eccentricity comes from her experience living life out of order, giving more context to moments earlier in the season, where the character would blurt out what seemed to be random statements.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
Noun
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This approach builds accountability, prevents access complacency and allows early detection of irregularities, all while preserving trust.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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These conditions can affect the nail matrix, causing pits, thickening, or surface irregularities.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Years of naval inconstancy with repair work drove Vigor Industrial—a once vibrant and growing maritime conglomerate—into the welcoming arms of hedge funds, which wasted no time in striping the company of value.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2024
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In the nineteen-nineties and two-thousands, as the center-left was evolving, the label was most effectively applied to those telegenic figures—Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony Blair, John Edwards—who were suspected of ideological inconstancy and of substituting polls for principles.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2022
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“Arbitrariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arbitrariness. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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