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as in fluctuation
the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another
the English language is always in a state of flux
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as in influx
a flowing or coming in
January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores
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as in diarrhea
abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools
Civil War doctors noted frequent cases of flux in the camps
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as in to melt
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a solid will flux more quickly under pressure
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Recent Examples of flux
Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2025
And the offensive line, after years of painful shuffling and reshuffling and reshuffling again, remains in flux.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
Next, clean and flux a shutoff valve for the cold side and slide it over the tubing end place and solder it in place.
—Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
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Noun
But the status of those applications long remained in flux.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 22 May 2025
And the offensive line, after years of painful shuffling and reshuffling and reshuffling again, remains in flux.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
Verb
Those signs can flux when sleep deprived, traveling or stressed at work as well.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 31 Jan. 2020
Next, clean and flux a shutoff valve for the cold side and slide it over the tubing end place and solder it in place.
—Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flux
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The fluctuations were presented in a record that became known as the Keeling Curve, which demonstrated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere were increasing every year.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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There will likely be some fluctuation in costs in the US, but this gives us a vague estimate of how much to expect things to increase, considering most of these costs are due to higher manufacturing costs.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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Core inflation in the country could surprise at the lower end of the MAS forecast range, economists at Nomura said, citing the impact of influx of cheap Chinese imports.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 June 2025
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Another influx of 184 wounded arrived at the Red Cross field hospital June 3, the ICRC said in a statement; 19 were declared dead on arrival, and eight more died of their wounds not long afterwards.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea constitute the body’s first line of defense against cerberin ingestion.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
30 May 2025
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Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Verb
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When both staff and callers report higher satisfaction, resistance melts.—
Kumar Abhirup,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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After a long day on the mountain, steal away to the soaking tub in one of the guest bathrooms to melt your stress (and muscle aches) away.—
Shannon Sharpe,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2025
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The entire assembly sits on a mechanical base that provides 350 degrees of oscillation movement.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2025
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The frequency of oscillations in the tubes, and therefore the robot’s speed, was regulated by adjusting the amount of air pumped into each tube.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2025
Verb
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The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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But with Putin’s announcement, weeks of what appeared to be Trump’s thawing relations with Zelensky and impatience with Moscow are once again in question.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
12 May 2025
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“Flux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flux. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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