adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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highly
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Thus the L curve can be highly volatile .
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High-tech stocks have always been highly volatile , partly because of their past booms and busts.
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This is partly because changes in institutional stockholding can make markets highly volatile and therefore risky for smaller investors.
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Weekly unemployment claims are a highly volatile indicator and prove little by themselves.
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Long-term trends suggest that economic optimism was highly volatile .
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It is highly volatile , and through its impact on productivity affects both supply and demand sides of the economy.
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As a consequence, fertility has been highly volatile .
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And a temperament a lot less volatile than Arthur's could easily come to believe this was exactly what was happening.
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Talk about less volatile topics: religion, politics, money.
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Since the income return is higher, the overall return will be less volatile .
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A portfolio of more volatile securities is more likely to generate capital losses than a portfolio composed of less volatile securities.
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But they offer a more reliable, less volatile future.
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It is recurrent and less volatile than many types of commercial revenue.
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A solution containing a non-volatile solute is less volatile than the pure solvent.
more
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This is also composed of hydrocarbons and is similar to oil except that the hydrocarbon molecules are smaller and thus more volatile .
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People are more relaxed, more volatile .
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This leads to the futures price being more volatile than the cash index.
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He predicted more volatile dealings in the short run.
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However, inter-bank rates are generally slightly higher and certainly more volatile than rates in the traditional market.
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Its weekly figures, based on a smaller sample, are more volatile .
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Out at sea things can be a lot more volatile .
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Q: The changes suggest that Nasdaq stock prices could become more volatile .
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Metal prices were the most volatile .
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If we disaggregate further to the industrial sector, we find that it is investment in manufacturing that has been most volatile .
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With markets so volatile , small investors are turning from do-it-yourself trading in search of greater interaction and guidance from brokers.
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He believes the First Division is so volatile that anything may yet be possible.
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She was very fond of her little sister, so pretty, so volatile , so amusing.
too
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Shorter maturities are perhaps a little too volatile and respond to day-to-day liquidity conditions too readily to be used as such a guideline.
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Steve Spurrier is too volatile , too aloof, to be beloved by any non-Gator.
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But the atmosphere in the Kashmir valley seems far too volatile for any talk of elections.
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Karl was ripped as too volatile , too unpredictable to control his volatile, unpredictable players.
very
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Elizabeth: No, I think we were two very volatile people.
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Single premium business is seen as very volatile .
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He was a very volatile character when playing and I can only hope that age has quietened him down.
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And abortion is a very volatile , emotional issue.
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She had three or four tantrums a day and was generally very volatile in her emotional state.
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The market may remain very volatile , experiencing large price swings in a single day.
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Lowell - very volatile - her one-time good friend.
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market
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In a volatile market , an underwritten offer may be the only way a company can raise money.
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Question: In this volatile market , what questions should I ask a financial planner I am considering using?
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A high turnover may well have been justified in view of volatile markets .
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They can thus avoid the costs of variety and added risk in a volatile market .
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The volatile market conditions of the 1980s posed an enormous organizational challenge for each of our three case study firms in Britain.
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It sells businesses it does not think it will be good at, such as those in high-technology, volatile markets .
material
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There is evidence that volatile materials have always been scarce on the Moon.
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To do this, we need an easily accessible source of volatile materials .
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The solution in the solvent is then distilled under vacuum to remove the volatile material and the residue weighed. 3.
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A wide range of other volatile materials is also present in all extinct comet cores and C asteroids.
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The heating can also cause the resist to form volatile materials , which contaminate the ultra-clean environment of the chip factory.
situation
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I was trying to defuse a volatile situation .
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Try to keep the volatile situation under control with understanding and patience.
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They gave us confidence going into volatile situations .
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A loaded revolver flying through the air brings extra instability into an already volatile situation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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People are afraid to change jobs in today's volatile economy.
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She formed enduring friendships with women and more intense, volatile ones with men.
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The political situation in the Balkans is still extremely volatile .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A high turnover may well have been justified in view of volatile markets.
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And abortion is a very volatile , emotional issue.
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As the vapours rise in the column through each successive equilibrium, they become richer in the more volatile component.
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Churn makes it harder for charities to raise money, keeps real-estate prices in check and politics volatile .
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Politics in Britain has become volatile .
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With markets so volatile , small investors are turning from do-it-yourself trading in search of greater interaction and guidance from brokers.