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How to use the word Variable in a Sentence?

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It’s hard to project because we don’t know everything we need to know about the drivers (behind this), we know it’s variable from year to year and that the trajectory is generally going upwards. So based on what we’ve seen in the past, we’re thinking we could continue to see this worsen for years to come. What will it be like in 10 years? Will it be double the size it is now?

Brian Lapointe

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That’s why they’ve named lightning as an essential climate variable.

Chris Vagasky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Department believes that the challenges impacting today’s recruiting environment is a multi-variable problem, there are a number of factors that have coalesced to create a uniquely challenging recruiting environment.

Nicole Schwegman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What's the fundamental cause of this decline in egg quality and quantity with age ? We don't know the answer to that, the age of natural menopause is really variable at the individual level, and we don't know why.

Jennifer Garrison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If there are no variables to our month, no one has to go to the doctor, no one has to go to the dentist... then all of my bills get paid with less than $ 100 left over every month. If there is a variable of something going wrong, then something always gets paid late.

Shae Beery

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are still a lot of challenges for any organisms trying to survive there, they would still need some source of continual nutrients, and if the volcanism is episodic and thus the heat and water availability is variable, that is sometimes tough for organisms as well.

Kelsi Singer

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The bigger lesson here is that you cannot judge people by a single variable in this case identity, because then you never find out who the person really is.

Greg Gutfeld

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Allowing a highly variable town-by-town approach to municipal voting creates inconsistency in election policy, as well as separate and unequal classes of residents potentially eligible to vote on local issues.

Phil Scott

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is next to impossible to in real time isolate one variable.

Neil Bradley

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The key economic variable continues to be inflation, is it temporary, is it permanent, what number will the Fed tolerate in order to achieve its full employment mandate?

Jeff Mortimer

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Samsung will see solid third quarter results as DRAM prices spike further and display sales rise on new smartphone launches including from Apple. The unknown variable is smartphone sales.

Park Sung-soon

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Samsung will see solid third quarter results as DRAM prices spike further and display sales rise on new smartphone launches including from Apple. The unknown variable is smartphone sales, samsung is expected to lower the price of its foldables, making them more accessible to consumers.

Park Sung-soon

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Infection of dogs with SARS-CoV-2 has been reported, both asymptomatic and associated with variable levels of disease as in humans, so using dogs deliberately to sniff breath and clothes from potentially infected people seems a bit of a risk to the dogs, let alone their handlers.

Mick Bailey

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We do know for absolutely certain that there is a post-Covid-19 syndrome -- referred to sometimes as long Covid, chronic Covid, long haulers, we're seeing variable percentages, and anywhere from 25 to 35 % or more have lingering symptoms -- well beyond what you'd expect post any viral syndrome, like influenza and others.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The subway and mass transit are a huge variable as we start to think about coming back to work, and there really isn't any simple answer that any one business can fix.

Kevin Kelly

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Just when we think we have things figured out, Jupiter reminds us how much we still have to learn, junos surprise discovery that the atmosphere was not well mixed even well below the cloud tops is a puzzle that we are still trying to figure out. No one would have guessed that water might be so variable across the planet.

Scott Bolton

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Just when we think we have things figured out, Jupiter reminds us how much we still have to learn, juno's surprise discovery that the atmosphere was not well-mixed even well below the cloud tops is a puzzle that we are still trying to figure out. No one would have guessed that water might be so variable across the planet.

Scott Bolton

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Next week U.S.-China trade talks remain the unknown variable which could lend a modicum of support.

Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Bargaining for health benefits is a distinguishing characteristic that labor unions hold out as an important variable as to why Former Vice President Joe Biden would want to be a union member.

David Brenner

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Given the current situation, it is not enough for any startup to come up with good products and be fast to market. At least it's equally important to manage cost. Not only fixed costs but variable cost.

Daniel Kirchert

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Only the medical crews know about these locations and these points are variable and changeable by time.

Adnan Abu al-Wafa

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's really important for demonstrating how variable solar and wind can be integrated into the grid in a way that provides reliable baseload power.

James Pittock

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Many of the businesses we're speaking to are praying for an extension to Article 50, nearly all larger firms are now preparing for Brexit, after some came late to the party — however the timing of no-deal implementation planning remains highly variable.

James Stewart

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If that woman was sitting in the emergency room for several hours as compared with several minutes, between the women and the men, that might be the difference. So the time would be an important variable, and that's not even addressed by the paper.

Nanette Wenger

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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