wave
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Inside, I closed the door with a wave of my hand and turned the window shade dark with a swipe of my finger.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
A wave of consumer adoption powered Nvidia to an initial public offering in 1999.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Skye Newman, who won BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2026, and new wave indie singer Rachel Chinouriri also serenaded festivalgoers.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
While semi stocks rode the wave of the AI data center investment boom last year, sentiment soured on enterprise software makers like Atlassian, Workday, and Salesforce.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Sitting alone with my knees tucked to the side, I felt a wave of self-consciousness come over me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Vocabulary lists containing wave
Waves and Wave Properties - Introductory
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Waves and Wave Properties - Middle School
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Earth Science - Middle School
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