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vacillation

[vas-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌvæs əˈleɪ ʃən /


NOUN
fluctuation
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But it’s D’Angelo’s soaring vocals that transmute the molten instrumental throbbing into a transcendent buzz, achieved through multi-track vocal layers and a vacillation between climactic reverb roars and serene breaks.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

It just captures this vacillation of the human experience so perfectly for me — like, I’m dancing, I’m driving in the dark.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

If the libretto mutes some of the prince of Denmark’s turbulent vacillation, the music restores it.

From New York Times • May 16, 2022

But Kim said his self-defence force "can not be bartered nor be bought with anything" and will be held firm without the slightest vacillation despite harsh trials and difficulties.

From Reuters • Mar. 27, 2022

This vacillation, together with the trembling in his voice, finally irritated him.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente