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as in fluctuation
the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another
fickle springtime weather in which there seemed to be an unceasing oscillation between unseasonable heat and unseasonable cold
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as in vibration
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side
the precise oscillations of the quartz crystal that allows a quartz watch to keep such accurate time
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Recent Examples of oscillation
This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
The Watch 3 also offers detailed running form analytics, including cadence, ground contact balance, ground contact time, power, and vertical oscillation.
—PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025
And its tracing of spatial distributions emerges from spying enormous bubblelike arrangements of galaxies thought to have formed from more primordial templates, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs).
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
Users can choose to heat or cool an entire room with 70-degree oscillation or concentrate the gadget’s power to one area.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
The Watch 3 also offers detailed running form analytics, including cadence, ground contact balance, ground contact time, power, and vertical oscillation.
—PCMAG, 18 Feb. 2025
And its tracing of spatial distributions emerges from spying enormous bubblelike arrangements of galaxies thought to have formed from more primordial templates, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs).
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
Users can choose to heat or cool an entire room with 70-degree oscillation or concentrate the gadget’s power to one area.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oscillation
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The fluctuations were presented in a record that became known as the Keeling Curve, which demonstrated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere were increasing every year.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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This total fell from a peak of 233 suburbs in 2018, highlighting both rapid growth and some fluctuation as market conditions, development, and demographics changed.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Still, even in light moments like this, there’s also a shade, as another mouse game undermines the vibration technology that Welcome Tour tries to promote.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The technology of using vibration to counteract bone loss came from NASA, which knew since the Soviet cosmonauts that suspension in a zero gravity environment sucks away bone matter.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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The Florida Panthers once again dominated so much that the Edmonton Oilers had to make an in-game goalie change.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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The author-showrunner previously told Entertainment Weekly that fans of her books should prepare for changes from the source material.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
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“Oscillation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oscillation. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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