oscillate
verb (used without object)
to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
oscillates
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present tense formof oscillate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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RSI, which oscillates between 10 and 100, tends to rise when prices rise.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
No team in English soccer oscillates faster between a romp to certain glory and imminent collapse than Arsenal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
As the next round of talks approaches, the public oscillates between faint hopes for diplomacy and an acute awareness that events far beyond their control may reshape their future overnight.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
In a cavity’s lowest mode, the radio waves’ electric field oscillates uniformly up and down along the cavity axis.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
