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oscillate

[os-uh-leyt] / ˈɒs əˌleɪt /


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“People oscillate between euphoria, depression, anger and hatred,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The researchers could also change the direction of that current by rotating the polarization of the two optical fields, which describes the direction in which the light waves oscillate.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

The waves could have gotten the vessel to oscillate back and forth, Sharpe said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Conditions oscillate between El Nino and its opposite La Nina, with neutral conditions in between.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Would it oscillate back and forth until it came to rest?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“Space-time doesn’t just curve and expand; it also twists, oscillates, and sucks. Go outside on a cloudless night, and outer space will start sucking the heat right out of you.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

RSI, which oscillates between 10 and 100, tends to rise when prices rise.

From MarketWatch Mar. 6, 2026

Then in 2020, Gaia uncovered that this warped disc slowly oscillates over time, similar to the motion of a spinning top.

From Science Daily Oct. 22, 2025

At the core of the film is the undeniable chemistry between Pitt and Clooney, which oscillates between camaraderie and competition.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2024

If the universe truly oscillates, still stranger questions arise.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Its overall light field oscillated in the same direction, even though it contained photons of different colors traveling along many different paths.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

I’ve oscillated wildly between thinking the U.S. will ride a host-nation bump to the semis and worrying they’ll be humiliated by Paraguay and soccer in this country will be canceled forever.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Even though the stock-bond correlation has oscillated widely over the years, this ratio has remained remarkably constant — as you can see from the chart above.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Since then, the president has oscillated between saying the US has already won the war and that the military campaign will continue for a number of weeks, usually ranging between two and six.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

His rebellious spirit made him violate all the taboos and consequently he always oscillated between moods of intense elation and depression.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

When did it become clear that a Kayla/Jimmy scene has its own oscillating frequency?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

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

The microscope allowed them to observe a frictionless flow of electrons behaving like a "superfluid," moving together and oscillating at terahertz frequencies within the material.

From Science Daily Mar. 17, 2026

The oscillating fan on the wall made the papers on the employee bulletin board flutter.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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