- present participle of oscillate.
oscillating
Example Sentences
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The debate about AI and jobs has become exhausting and largely unproductive, oscillating between “AI will take all jobs” and “AI will create more jobs than it destroys.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Financial markets are oscillating in a narrow, uneasy range as traders sized up the countdown to Donald Trump's Iran deadline," wrote Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Like many recent theater school grads, Dela Cruz was still trying to find his niche as a performer, oscillating between the pursuits of ethnic ambiguity — a casting asset — and cultural identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
When lithium niobate vibrates, it produces oscillating electric fields, and those electric fields can also trigger vibrations.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2026
Scientists wonder about what happens in an oscillating universe at the cusps, at the transition from contraction to expansion.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
