Thesaurus results for SEESAW

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verb

as in to sway

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship

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as in to bob

to make short up-and-down movements the price of the stock has been seesawing all week

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Recent Examples of seesaw

Verb

Meanwhile, oil prices seesawed during the early part of Monday's trading session. —

Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026 Oil prices seesawed overnight on fears that Iran will attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, even after an agreement Wednesday among nations to release a significant amount of petroleum reserves. —

The Hill Staff, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026

Noun

Cortisol and melatonin work like a seesaw — when one spikes, the other drops. —

Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026 Bruzzone’s vocals seesaw between throat-buzzing alien croaks and clean vocals that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Mars Volta ballad. —

Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for seesaw

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Verb

Of all the factors that could sway Giannis, with all due respect to Bam, the respect element likely is not at the top of the list.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026
But during the aufguss ceremony at BASIN Glacial Waters, people smiled and laughed and swayed to the music, and Kyan’s dance-like towel moves distracted me from the discomfort of the heat.

— Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2026