Thesaurus results for OSCILLATED

oscillated

verb

past tense of oscillate

as in fluctuated

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 alternated

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 oscillated During that stretch, NVS consistently held above its rising 40-week moving average while the 14-week RSI oscillated between 50 and overbought territory. — Assiatou Hann, CNBC, 29 July 2026 For decades Washington has oscillated between trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and trying to sidestep it. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 The Feeneys oscillated between C and B over the years, a plus or minus coming depending on how much time had passed since the founding. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Over the past several years, the rising actor has oscillated between indies, crowd-pleasers, and everything in between. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Despite taking our holiday in late April, the start of the wet season, we were blessed with perfect weather—temperatures oscillated between a comfortable 70 and 80 degrees and there wasn't a raindrop in sight. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 June 2026 Hollywood’s relationship with AI has oscillated from a complete rejection to relatively enthusiastic adoption. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 3 June 2026 Independent polls in the final weeks oscillated between Hilton, Becerra and Steyer, with only the top two advancing under California’s all-party primary system. — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 Under Andoni Iraola, Bournemouth’s form has often oscillated between streaks of positive and negative results. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 21 May 2026

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For this reason trailing P/E ratios have fluctuated between the mid single-digits and 35-40 for refiners like Phillips and Marathon Petroleum over the past ten years (excluding the pandemic period).

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
SpaceX shares have fluctuated since the company debuted at $135.

— Janet Lorin, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of fluctuated

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Trump has alternated between threats and diplomatic overtures to get the job done, but the war is now approaching six months with no end in sight.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Watson and Sanders have alternated days working with the first-team offense during training camp after both received opportunities with the starters during the spring.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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The inning should have been over after Bo Bichette swung on a bouncing pitch that went back to the backstop, but Washington catcher Keibert Ruiz threw the ball past first base, and Bichette was safe.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
But this game’s hinges swung the other way when the Padres turned things around against Gavin Williams and Michael King turned things around against the Guardians.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

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