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fluctuate
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fluctuate between (someone and someone else)
to waver between choosing one person and another. I am fluctuating between Sam and Tony as my choice. The manager fluctuated between Mary and Sarah as the new assistant.

fluctuate between (something and something else)

to move between one thing and another; to change from one thing to another. Things seemed to fluctuate between the very good and the very bad. The temperature in here fluctuates between too hot and too cold.

fluctuate with something

to vary in accord with something. The tides fluctuate with the phase of the moon. Frank's blood pressure fluctuates with his mood.


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when utility power fluctuates or is lost), the rotor's inertia allows it to continue spinning and the resulting kinetic energy is converted to electricity.
The amount and type of congestion induced by an erratic driver depend on how much the leading car's velocity fluctuates, even when its average speed matches that of the rest of the traffic, Nagatani reports.
Kordell noted that unlike industrial production, where output is fairly certain, agricultural production fluctuates markedly due to weather, disease and other random factors.
 
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