successfulactivities,periodsoftime, etc.followedby lesssuccessfulactivities,periodsoftime, etc.:There are manyreasonsfor thefluctuatingfortunesoffunds, such askeyindividualsleavingandmanagers'investmentstrategiesfailingin achangingmarket.(Definition offluctuating fortunesfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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fluctuating fortunesCrisp poignantly exposes the massivelyfluctuatingfortunesof the selfabsorbed saint.From theCambridge English CorpusLocal labour markets are affected to a lesser extent by thefluctuatingfortunesof the world market.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishMiller surveys thefluctuatingfortunesof individual agitators and groupings, yet it is hard to gauge what significance should be attached to antimilitarism more generally.From theCambridge English CorpusThefluctuatingfortunesof the gamester,--his losses or gains,--were equally a source of suffering to herself.FromProject GutenbergThose who succeed very often do so only for a short time and with somewhatfluctuatingfortunes.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The historical objects here, moreover, are of great interest to one who has followed thefluctuatingfortunesof the country.FromProject GutenbergThey havefluctuatingfortunesand are affected by the weather.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0What is desired above everything in that area is stability, because it has had suchfluctuatingfortunesand has passed through such dangerous times.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The overall picture is one of successful achievement, but inevitably it is one offluctuatingfortunesrather than steady inexorable improvement.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/fluctuating-fortunes##
