variable
adjective
apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable moods.
variables
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pluralof variable.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There may be other contributory factors to any outbursts — including fatigue, lack of sleep, hunger, thirst, pain, infection, medications, bodily functions and irregular routines, among other many variables.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Building on their earlier work, they used a self-similar form of Einstein's equations to represent the standard cosmological model as a rest point, a mathematical state in which the system's defining variables remain unchanged.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
“There are just so many variables that the insurance companies didn’t really know how to price it, and so it’s been very expensive for motor carriers to insure these trucks,” Loya said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
But the idea is the same: Future expectations are likely to move current variables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
But with a couple of hundred variables, things get harder.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
