An astounding three-out-of-four of America’s big cap stalwarts—that typically pride themselves on tracing the path ahead—deemed the future so mercurial that they gave up.
As earnings season kicks off, only 48% of companies have resumed giving investors guidance|Shawn Tully|October 12, 2020|Fortune
Stars, heat and humidity, and the temperament of mercurial elders in one’s family have to align to set the wedding date in India.
Coronavirus has made it easier for millennials to scale back the big fat Indian wedding|Manavi Kapur|September 18, 2020|Quartz
Since the recession, a mercurial job market has made it difficult for many vets to find steady employment.
From PTSD to Prison: Why Veterans Become Criminals|Matthew Wolfe|July 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I think that Michael would hate to be falsely remembered as perfect in retrospect—he was mercurial, impulsive, and intense.
Michael Hastings, R.I.P.|John Avlon|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They are superstitious, violent, passionate, mercurial, and secretive, with a greater belief in dragons than in any saint.
Book Bag: Paul Theroux’s Favorite Inner-Journey Travel Books|Paul Theroux|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Chechnya has become a republic of fear, the fiefdom of one man: its mercurial 36-year-old president, Ramzan Kadyrov.
The Chechens in America: Why They’re Here and Who They Are|Andrew Meier|April 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But I press on, because my mercurial editor is emailing me, “When are you filing that bitcoin story!??”
My Bitcoin (Mis)adventure|Winston Ross|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Such an array of paddles prophesies of a mercurial temperament and an energetic character.
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal|Various
Deena ran to the window and caught her mercurial sister issuing from the door below.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905|Various
Crossing the Snake, he broke his only mercurial barometer and was forced thereafter to rely on his aneroid.
The Last American Frontier|Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson
Kit Ines, of the mercurial legs, must now give impromptu display of his dancing.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith
Space is left for the insertion of the mercurial thermometer.
Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man|Francis Gano Benedict
British Dictionary definitions for mercurial
mercurial
/ (mɜːˈkjʊərɪəl) /
adjective
of, like, containing, or relating to mercury
volatile; livelya mercurial temperament
(sometimes capital)of, like, or relating to the god or the planet Mercury