oscillate
verb (used without object)
to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
has oscillated
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present perfectof oscillate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Even though the stock-bond correlation has oscillated widely over the years, this ratio has remained remarkably constant — as you can see from the chart above.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
Since then, the president has oscillated between saying the US has already won the war and that the military campaign will continue for a number of weeks, usually ranging between two and six.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
The Korean won has oscillated between a sharp appreciation in the first half of last year and then a deep depreciation in the second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
All of this conjecture has oscillated heavily around a single moment, one likely to brew in the imaginations of Americans for many years to come.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2024
Since 1871 the mode of election has oscillated between the scrutin de liste for the departments and the scrutin uninominal for the arrondissements.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
