Thesaurus results for OSCILLATING

oscillating

verb

present participle of oscillate

as in fluctuating

to move back and forth in a rhythmic manner When a guitar string is plucked, it oscillates to produce sound waves in the air.

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as in alternating

to continuously change from one belief, feeling, or condition to an opposite one The model's hair color oscillates between bleach blond and jet black.

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Recent Examples of oscillating Those include point absorbers, oscillating water columns and attenuators. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 The show then veers back to early work, photographic transparencies with magazine transfers made in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, and continues, gallery by gallery, oscillating between different periods of the artist’s nearly six-decade career. — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 According to Léna, the experiments included studying the dust in the corona (which was emitting infrared radiation), studying the oscillating hot gas in the corona, and studying the chromosphere. — Dhananjay Khadilkar, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 The more constructive comparison is early 2023, when ADBE spent several weeks oscillating around the line before reclaiming it and beginning a strong advance. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Maybe even worse in the upper setting, which had my head oscillating like a bobblehead on a Baja trophy truck. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026 Each cluster contained a simple RLC resonator — a resistor, capacitor, and inductor, a combination that creates an oscillating electrical signal at a particular frequency. — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026 Sägesser said the team achieved the most sensitive measurement yet of an oscillating electric field inside a chip trap. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026 Included in the savings are a heat-busting oscillating tower fan from Dreo for those sticky summer days, a portable electric blender from NutriBullet for smoothies on the go, and cooling pillows from Casper designed for hot sleepers. — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

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There’s an Iran war that won’t end, heightening anxieties, plus fluctuating trade policies for those who deal with foreign goods or markets.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2026
The researchers suggested that the cavity’s fluctuating electromagnetic field interacts with the superconducting state through virtual photons.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of fluctuating

Verb

New York’s summer weather has been a trial and a tribulation, intense heat — temperatures reached over 100 degrees in Central Park on the hottest day in July — alternating with gales and floods.

— Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 27 Aug. 2026
The lists began alternating between male and female names for Atlantic storms in 1979.

— Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of alternating

Verb

That afternoon, the president, inside the exposition’s ornate Temple of Music, greeted members of the public, shaking hands and warmly inviting them to explore the fair.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
The handcuffs were taken off, and he was allowed to board, shaking with shock.

— Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of shaking

Verb

The junior right-hander can be rolling to his left, then plant, turn and fire a pass, with his long, skinny arm, 60 yards downfield and right on the money.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Then, an unexpected turn of events set the ball rolling for a reunion.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of rolling

Verb

Vietnam Nestled in Vietnam’s northern mountains, Sapa dazzles with emerald rice paddies dotted across undulating green hills.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026
Imagine a 350-foot-tall orb that can be transformed into virtually anything, from a harvest moon rising over the Strip to a giant snow globe to a tank of undulating jellyfish.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

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