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

"And here we can show that the state of the lattice begins to oscillate -- due to the quantum interaction between the particles."

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Would it oscillate back and forth until it came to rest?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton