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oscillate

[os-uh-leyt] / ˈɒs əˌleɪt /


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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

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

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

The combined findings suggest there may be a difference in how neutrinos and antineutrinos oscillate, indicating a possible violation of CP symmetry.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 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




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