wave
Example Sentences
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The 59-year-old rode to election victory on a wave of patriotism stemming from the border conflict with Cambodia that left scores dead on both sides last year and displaced more than one million people.
From Barron's
The wave functions of the fermions change so extensively that they lose their original form, creating a complicated background where coordinated motion breaks down.
From Science Daily
The problem: There was a wave of tech layoff announcements in November 2022, as companies realized that the surge in business they experienced after the pandemic hit wasn’t going to persist.
In early December shares plunged further when lockup restrictions expired, unleashing waves of selling.
The 28-year-old beat the count but looked unsteady, and a sharp follow-up combination forced the referee to wave it off.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
