variance

In a sentence

Six example sentences with variance, each labelled with its topic.

• The quarterly report showed a variance of four million pounds between the forecast and what the shops actually took.

  Finance

• The patch notes promised a five percent drop rate, but the community's spreadsheet showed a variance of nearly two points.

  Gaming

• Every Monday the plant manager explains the variance between the production target and the number of finished units on the floor.

  Business

• Analysts projected forty points for the star, and the variance from that figure became the story when he scored twelve.

  Basketball

• Each month the founders explain the variance between the plan and the bank balance to a board that expects surprises.

  Startups

• The treasury's variance between forecast tax receipts and actual collections ran to billions after the downturn.

  Economics

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More Academic words

• confined
• presume
• eloquent
• validity
• variation
• inducing
• hierarchy
• maximize
• compensated
• activating
• innate
• institution