pendulum
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When a TV interviewer asked Fink this past March about the push for ESG and diversity standards, Fink replied: “Do I believe the pendulum five years ago was too far? Yes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026
“You’ve seen the pendulum swing like crazy,” Galipeau said, adding that the time to buy chip stocks was eight months ago.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
On “An Eraser and a Maze,” which features a rotating cast of drummers, including touring percussionist Damon Cox and Janet Weiss of Quasi and Sleater-Kinney, the pendulum swings in the opposite direction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
But Monnier at Citi Wealth argues that the pendulum is swinging back a bit as families realize that doing their own due diligence on a company is a lot of work.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
That’s where she was swinging, just lightly, like a pendulum; the way you could swing as a child, hanging by your hands from a tree branch.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing pendulum
Unit 1: Telling Details
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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