pendulum
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Academics I spoke with all emphasized that the state of A.I. detection is much better today than it was in 2023 but cautioned against letting the narrative pendulum swing too far in the other direction.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
After that, the pendulum may swing Norrie's way, as Draper had impressive results during last year's European clay-court swing, including a run to the Madrid final and the quarter-finals in Rome.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
We can think of climate change as a pendulum: as it intensifies, it swings from one extreme to another, hot and cold and dry and wet.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026
Zoph’s firing and decision to rejoin OpenAI with colleagues also marks a pendulum swing for a company that Murati, that startup’s former technology chief, had founded with 20 former OpenAI employees.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
He’d swing me like a pendulum while the water lapped at our ankles.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Vocabulary lists containing pendulum
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