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The researchers observed signs of deep-strong light-matter coupling, a phenomenon in which electrons inside the silver nanoparticles oscillate in perfect synchrony with light waves and become quantum mechanically entangled.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 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

You talked about how women have to oscillate between trying to be likable and lovable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025

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

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

“Space-time doesn’t just curve and expand; it also twists, oscillates, and sucks. Go outside on a cloudless night, and outer space will start sucking the heat right out of you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

As the next round of talks approaches, the public oscillates between faint hopes for diplomacy and an acute awareness that events far beyond their control may reshape their future overnight.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

In a cavity’s lowest mode, the radio waves’ electric field oscillates uniformly up and down along the cavity axis.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024

Good writing can flip the way the world is perceived, like the silhouette in psychology textbooks which oscillates between a goblet and two faces.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

I’ve oscillated wildly between thinking the U.S. will ride a host-nation bump to the semis and worrying they’ll be humiliated by Paraguay and soccer in this country will be canceled forever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

Since then, the president has oscillated between saying the US has already won the war and that the military campaign will continue for a number of weeks, usually ranging between two and six.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

As I turned away to continue walking up the trail, my emotions oscillated between nervous anticipation and a nearly overwhelming sense of dread.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

Inconsequential wins and losses spread out for hours on end, my money gently oscillating with the tide.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

Scientists wonder about what happens in an oscillating universe at the cusps, at the transition from contraction to expansion.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan