fluctuate
verb (used without object)
to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly.
had fluctuated
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past perfectof fluctuate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After the cryptocurrency was first released, back in 2009, its price had fluctuated between nothing and $1 for over two years.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Annual meat supply had fluctuated in a range of 3,000-5,000 tons, including imports from Norway and Iceland.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Mr. O’Brien draws his income from the profits of the business, which he acknowledged had fluctuated in recent years.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
Before the law passed, the salaries for the Uihleins had fluctuated.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2021
Wilson, impatient in everything, had fluctuated between grandeur and galimatias, bathos and bad taste; De Quincey, at times supreme, had at others simply succumbed to "rigmarole."
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
