oscillating

Example Sentences

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"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

This allows the beads to begin oscillating on their own while floating in mid-air, producing a steady rhythm that reflects the unusual forces at play.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Tom ended up oscillating between GIP and routine levels of care at our inpatient hospice facility, therefore intermittently needing to pay the room and board costs.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

In his review, Roger Ebert marveled at Bates’ talent for oscillating from “sweet solicitude to savage scorn.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

The technical challenge was right up his alley: it involved the electromagnetic focusing of a stream of charged particles and its synchronization with an oscillating electric current—in other words, the basic elements of the cyclotron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik