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pulse

[puhls] / pʌls /


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Next came leg-movement detectors, breathing bands, a microphone, a nasal airflow monitor and a finger pulse oximeter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I watch my pulse to gauge workout intensity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“But with a nightmare I’d wake up with my pulse racing and think, ‘I’m OK, I survived.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A second ultrafast laser pulse then tracked how that motion interacted with another coupled vibration in the material.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Farmer kneels on the dirt floor and takes the man’s pulse and blood pressure, then puts a stethoscope to his chest.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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