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oscillate

[os-uh-leyt] / ˈɒs əˌleɪt /


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"By carefully tracking the direction the radio waves and X-rays oscillate as the magnetar rotates, the team found that the alignment of 1E1547's magnetic and rotational poles were ideal for detecting vacuum birefringence."

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Thus, governments oscillate between ignoring developments that are moving too fast to process and aggressively intervening when scary risks appear.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

“It’s been kind of a sideways-driven market that is continuing to oscillate between good economic data and bad jobs data.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 5, 2026

It would oscillate through the earth and back, until eventually it settled down at the center.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Meanwhile, Brolin’s Bangley oscillates in personality from miserable bastard to laugh factory.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The Relative Strength Index, which oscillates between zero and 100, is a widely followed underlying technical indicator that measures the magnitude of recent gains against the magnitude of recent losses.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

No team in English soccer oscillates faster between a romp to certain glory and imminent collapse than Arsenal.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

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

It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

Tech conglomerate SoftBank—a proxy for the AI trade—Advantest and Kioxia, to name a few, have oscillated sharply as market sentiment flits between euphoria over the technology’s long-term promise and pessimism over monetization and sky-high valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 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

The sudden dip in air quality levels since Saturday came after the capital had shown some improvement over the past week - when it oscillated between "poor" and "very poor".

From BBC Dec. 15, 2025

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

They also carry oscillating energy from their initial excitation, which influences nearby electrons at adjustable frequencies.

From Science Daily Jan. 22, 2026

Ahead, a gigantic big top floated on the water with its three rings and high tightrope oscillating.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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