oscillate
verb (used without object)
to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
are oscillating
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present progressiveof oscillate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Financial markets are oscillating in a narrow, uneasy range as traders sized up the countdown to Donald Trump's Iran deadline," wrote Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
While a 50 basis point hike for February is fully priced in, markets are oscillating between 25 and 50 for March.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2023
Unlike other experiments, the neutrino beam would probe a wide range of energies, thus taking a fuller picture of how neutrinos are oscillating.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 13, 2022
Since they are oscillating perpendicular to the direction of the light ray, they produce EM radiation that is polarized perpendicular to the direction of the ray.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The answer is that because they are oscillating a very sensitive galvanometer is not possible.
