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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.

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Examples

  • I state that the variation in average finch beak size oscillated, which is accurate.

    Behe: ID rescues Common Descent 2007

  • I state that the variation in average finch beak size oscillated, which is accurate.

    Behe: ID rescues Common Descent 2007

  • Therefore, if the missing 2/3 of the neutrinos from the Sun are absent because they have "oscillated" from ne to nm and nt, they should contribute to the neutral and elastic interactions, but not the charged-current interactions.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • In the 1990s, it oscillated between 21 percent and 30 percent, higher than it had ever been in the postwar period.

    The Quiet Coup 2009

  • Pakistan's status for the United States has oscillated from "most aligned ally" in the 1950s—when it served as a vital location for intelligence gathering against the Soviet Union and became a formal treaty ally of Washington's—to the most sanctioned state in the late 1970s when the Carter administration cracked down on Pakistan's record on human rights abuses and nuclear proliferation.

    The U.S. and Pakistan, Best of Frenemies Sumit Ganguly 2011

  • Behind her, a fan oscillated, stirring the stale air and pulling strands of her hair from the tieback.

    Side Roads « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • Richins oscillated, one minute bemoaning the stress, the next saying he was getting better and just needed time.

    For football coach back from war, it's like starting over 2011

  • In the 1990s, it oscillated between 21 percent and 30 percent, higher than it had ever been in the postwar period.

    The Quiet Coup 2009

  • Richins oscillated, one minute bemoaning the stress, the next saying he was getting better and just needed time.

    For football coach back from war, it's like starting over 2011

  • The market oscillated wildly today, starting out 100-plus points up and then dropping some 245 points.

    HUFFPOST HILL - JUST IN: U.S. Expecting S&P Downgrade Eliot Nelson 2011

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