- present participle of oscillate.
oscillating
Example Sentences
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When did it become clear that a Kayla/Jimmy scene has its own oscillating frequency?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The debate about AI and jobs has become exhausting and largely unproductive, oscillating between “AI will take all jobs” and “AI will create more jobs than it destroys.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Financial markets are oscillating in a narrow, uneasy range as traders sized up the countdown to Donald Trump's Iran deadline," wrote Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Inconsequential wins and losses spread out for hours on end, my money gently oscillating with the tide.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
According to Edlefsen’s rudimentary ion detectors, something was going on inside the flask, but whether it was protons accelerating in resonance with an oscillating electric field was by no means clear.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
