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vagaries

noun

plural of vagary

as in whims

a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action the vagaries of a rather eccentric, elderly lady

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Recent Examples of vagaries In both cases, there is something at once magisterial and leadenly self-regarding about the melancholic rhythms of Cusk’s prose, with its stiff and stately syntax and its utter impatience with the real vagaries of difference. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 Some of the long time lag reflected the vagaries and limitations of travel in the mid-19th century, when moving family, servants, and belongings via horse and buggy in the winter months made a longer period necessary. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026 There is, too, a third kind of eclipse known as an annular eclipse—caused by the vagaries of the moon’s orbit. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026 Or maybe, for once in their franchise history, the vagaries of postseason baseball will tilt in their favor. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 That the actual, original Antifa formed in clandestine resistance to Nazi terror during the early 1930s appears lost amid the rhetorical vagaries of political propaganda. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026 Wealth buys choice, leverage, and a cushion for the vagaries of a market economy. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 This is especially true for small businesses, which are particularly vulnerable to the vagaries of California’s most hostile business environment in the nation. — Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 13 June 2026 That makes the policy initiative vulnerable to the vagaries of politics or local budgeting, critics say. — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 2 June 2026

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whims

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But an outdoor garden, no matter how beautiful and lovingly designed or how innovatively used in the menu, is susceptible to the whims of Miami’s humid, rainy, extraordinarily lengthy summers.

— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The players are not responsible for the whims of their ownership.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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