oscillate

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 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

The rods would soak up most of the electric field there while allowing it to oscillate at full strength beyond the rods, restoring the conversion rate.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

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