pulse

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Once in the late 1950s, while building machinery to record sounds a heart makes, he accidentally used the wrong resistor, but its electrical pulse rate was steady, like a heartbeat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

When I checked my pulse, it was racing.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

They survey managers who have their thumbs on the pulse of businesses across many industries, and often reveal changes in business conditions months before official government data.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

"We see the terahertz field gets dramatically distorted, with little oscillations following the main pulse," von Hoegen says.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Self-sufficient as always, his last act was to feel his own pulse at the moment he expired.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis