VARIABILITY Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

variability

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Definition of variability

as in changeability

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Recent Examples of variability An important one for a star is its amount of magnetic activity, which depends on the strength and variability of its magnetic field and the effect that field has on the star and its immediate surroundings. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026 In addition to measuring heart rate, skin temperature, and heart rate variability, this model has an SpO2 sensor. — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 These collisions may also help account for its variability in brightness seen in these systems. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 These events are responsible for some of the biggest weather variability the planet experiences. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026 For international experts, this variability is amplified by geographic and linguistic factors. — Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Recent reviews of smart-ring research have found strong performance for measurements including heart rate and heart-rate variability, while the tiny size and unobtrusive form make rings particularly well suited to overnight monitoring. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026 This is not because the technology is flawed, but because the data used to train it cannot fully represent the enormous variability of the real world. — Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Canned pumpkin takes the variability of homemade purée out of the equation. — Julia Black, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

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Noun

More specifically, genres, whether spoken or written, reflect the changeability of their formal characteristics in connection to changes in the situation and the actions relevant to these genres.

— Tham Thi Nguyen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of changeability

Noun

The facility dehydrates fruit and holds it for over seven days without a variance or HACCP plan.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Among various scientific projects, his NCBRS Worldwide Foundation is partnering with the University of Dusseldorf to map the variance in the severity of symptoms seen across NCBRS patients.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of variance

Noun

Informed by its huge trove of 10 years of prior battery data, Theyyunni said its large language models now predict the results of dozens of minor chemistry changes and process variations far faster than any physical prototyping and testing could.

— John Voelcker, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
Nacer is quite good at variations of patriarchal obliviousness, and Pebdani suffuses her women with streaks of guilt.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of variation

Noun

Glimmers of that surprise — and the spectral essence of mutability that attends to it — can be found in every shot, some of them more than others.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
Clouds, which for the artist Biggers symbolize potential and mutability, formed the theme of the evening, hanging over dinner on the museum’s terrace in synthetic cotton and wire constructions from an event designer.

— Vanessa Grigoriadis, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026

Definition of mutability

Noun

Washington, for its part, is creating friction in many of its partnerships instead of deepening them, and risks squandering its network just as its adversaries are learning to make more of theirs.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
If deleting your account takes an email to support, a waiting period and a follow-up, that friction is a design choice.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of friction

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If benefits shrink or get taxed more aggressively down the road (which is a legitimate concern) having a tax-free income source gives you flexibility a pre-tax account simply can’t.

— Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
More debt means less financial flexibility and, at the same enterprise value, less equity value left for shareholders when the business is eventually sold.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of flexibility

Noun

Marvel movies link this narrative contingency to formal arbitrariness.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
During the pandemic, Lowe, the father of two boys, wrestled with establishing safety measures at Benjamin, and he was struck by the arbitrariness of many health protocols.

— Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

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