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    The cable was erected in 1970 to chart the Teklanika's seasonal fluctuations; hydrologists traveled back and forth above the river by means of an aluminum basket that is suspended from the cable with pulleys.  (source)
    fluctuations = increases and decreases
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    I'd never heard an animal bellow like that, with such fluctuations in tone and pitch.  (source)
    fluctuations = changes
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    The frontiers between the three super-states are in some places arbitrary, and in others they fluctuate according to the fortunes of war, but in general they follow geographical lines.  (source)
    fluctuate = change back and forth
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    I was out of the water, if only by a fluctuating two, three feet.†  (source)
    fluctuating = alternately increasing and decreasing in quantity
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    From now on, if such great fluctuations occur, the data will be automatically saved to disk.†  (source)
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    The computer reported no change in pressure over that time, other than a minor fluctuation based on temperature.†  (source)
    fluctuation = the process of alternately increasing and decreasing in quantity; or the amount of such a change
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    She would not stoop to admit that she meant to rival Gilbert in schoolwork, because that would have been to acknowledge his existence which Anne persistently ignored; but the rivalry was there and honors fluctuated between them.  (source)
    fluctuated = alternately changed
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    Ferret and the De Jongs and Ernest Lilly — they came to gamble, and when Ferret wandered into the garden it meant he was cleaned out and Associated Traction would have to fluctuate profitably next day.  (source)
    fluctuate = change
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    It fluctuates.†  (source)
    fluctuates = alternately increases and decreases in quantity
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    Many people waved to him—the lifted hand motionless, the fingers fluctuant, like the legs of insects on their backs.†  (source)
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    Temperature ten minutes ago was 100.8—it's been fluctuating for several hours.†  (source)
    fluctuating = alternately increasing and decreasing in quantity
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    For my project I drew diagrams of the various stages of an embryo's development, I made a giant chicken poster, I graphed the daily fluctuations in temperature and humidity, and I made a line chart documenting the weight loss of each egg.†  (source)
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    He had moved to his feet with a body totally at his command, devoid of the habit of human gesture, gesture rooted in necessity, ritual, fluctuation of mind; and his stillness now was unearthly.†  (source)
    fluctuation = the process of alternately increasing and decreasing in quantity; or the amount of such a change
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