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vacillating

[vas-uh-ley-ting] / ˈvæs əˌleɪ tɪŋ /




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The American people appear to be vacillating between learned helplessness and mass disinhibition.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024

After a wildly vacillating game against Marquette in which the Bruins’ 12-point lead became a seven-point deficit, they had the ball trailing by two with 21 seconds left.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Strait and the 11-piece band spent much of the night vacillating between up-tempo ditties that often turn a bit of sorrow into a winking good time and slower, more heavy-hearted fare.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023

Aliya’s face is flustered, vacillating between concern and disbelief.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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