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"However, when estrogen levels oscillate , which happens throughout a person\u2019s life, migraine can get worse. \u2014 Kirsten Nunez, SELF , 22 June 2022",
"One issue, then, that perhaps should have been anticipated this time was a condition called porpoising, where the cars oscillate vertically at a rather high frequency while traveling at high speed, violently shaking the driver in the process. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 16 June 2022",
"The stories oscillate from autobiographical childhood tales to hilarious slice-of-life anecdotes with some of the biggest names in sports, like Mike Tyson and Serena Williams. \u2014 Derek Scancarelli, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Students learn that a wave can oscillate only as fast as its highest-frequency sine wave component. \u2014 Katie Mccormick, Quanta Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"There's an option to oscillate the wand as well, providing a more thorough cleaning experience. \u2014 Anthony Karcz, Forbes , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ever since the discovery of this shape-shifting behavior in 1998, physicists have struggled to pin down exactly how neutrinos oscillate , and three missing measurements of crucial parameters remain. \u2014 Thomas Lewton, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The first and most well-known parameter, charge-parity (CP) violation, dictates whether neutrinos and their antiparticle counterparts oscillate in the same way, and could help explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe. \u2014 Thomas Lewton, Scientific American , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Neither Donald Trump nor the woke left inspires confidence around the world, and an American political system that appears doomed to oscillate between them won\u2019t indefinitely maintain the leadership on which America\u2019s peace and security depend. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Mar. 2022"
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"An oscillation between the two sets of concerns captures not only our unstable moral and social-justice intuitions, which often depend on who\u2019s the violator and who\u2019s the violated, but also the real trade-offs between privacy and competing concerns. \u2014 Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"While some fans out there only blow wind in one direction, this tower fan offers 90-degree oscillation , meaning that the cool air will reach your entire room. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The internal oscillation ensures that the air flow gets distributed evenly throughout the room for up to 20 feet, according to the testers. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
"There are also more updates to running, offering insights into stride length, ground contact time and vertical oscillation . \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"New Running Metrics When tracking a run, the Apple Watch will now measure your stride length, ground contact time, and vertical oscillation , metrics typically reserved for running-specific wearables. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The app will now be able to show more information at a glance, including vertical oscillation . \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 6 June 2022",
"The electronic front display shows speed and time functions, with four buttons directly above, one of which control oscillation . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 13 Apr. 2021",
"If one arm is slightly longer than the other, or the speed of light in that direction is a little slower, the wave on that arm will undergo some extra oscillation . \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Here is an example of the stochastic oscillator using ether (ETH). \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"And there's a reading based on the stochastic oscillator that is an actual overbought reading. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Its creation involved the filing of eight\u2014that number again, natch\u2014patent applications (involving, among other aspects, the watch glass assembly, barrel structure, oscillator module and bracelet). \u2014 Nick Scott, Robb Report , 21 Mar. 2022",
"So, Burt says, atomic clocks pair an oscillator with a collection of atoms to help keep that frequency stable. \u2014 Katrina Miller, Wired , 19 Oct. 2021",
"Atomic clocks, like every other kind, start with an oscillator : something that vibrates. \u2014 Katrina Miller, Wired , 19 Oct. 2021",
"This watch features a rose gold metal casing and moving glitter pieces as well as a quartz oscillator and three hands to keep track of time as precisely as possible. \u2014 Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY , 23 Mar. 2021",
"Then he was put on a high-frequency oscillator , another type of breathing machine that delivers very small breaths at a high rate, most commonly used for babies who are not responding to conventional ventilation. \u2014 Jamie Landers, The Arizona Republic , 5 Mar. 2021",
"An atomic clock employs an electric oscillator regulated by an atom\u2019s natural oscillation movement between the positive charge on the nucleus and the surrounding electron cloud. \u2014 Larry Printz, Ars Technica , 24 June 2020"
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"Its most recent product, called Moku:Go, delivers the functionality of an oscilloscope , constant temperature controller, logic analyzer, arbitrary waveform generator, data logger, spectrum analyzer and other tasks in one device. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 May 2021",
"Using an oscilloscope , the attacker monitors the energy consumption of the device. \u2014 Dan Goodin, Ars Technica , 10 Nov. 2020",
"Ekanayake spent the remainder of the afternoon going back and forth from his lab to the parking garage\u2014carrying his multimeter, his soldering station, his oscilloscope and numerous bags of cables, wires and circuit boards. \u2014 Dieynaba Young, Smithsonian Magazine , 15 July 2020",
"In 1943 Bell Labs discovered that a teletype machine would cause a nearby oscilloscope 's readings to move every time someone typed on it. \u2014 Andy Greenberg, Wired , 21 June 2020",
"Godfather to Oregon\u2019s technology industry, Tektronix makes oscilloscopes that engineers use to measure the performance of electronic devices. \u2014 Mike Rogoway, oregonlive , 7 Nov. 2019",
"Tektronix makes oscilloscopes and similar instruments that engineers use to test and evaluate electronic devices. \u2014 Mike Rogoway, oregonlive , 4 Sep. 2019",
"The pocket oscilloscope , the Raspberry Pi radio, the voice changer, the mini voltmeter, and an LED glove. \u2014 Eric Johnson, Recode , 27 Aug. 2018",
"Batting a ball back and forth is one of the oldest concepts in video games, dating back to the days of William Higinbotham\u2019s Tennis for Two oscilloscope experiments in the \u201850s. \u2014 Kyle Orland, Ars Technica , 22 June 2018"
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"Looking more closely at the oscillograph , Van Praag found that shots three and four, and then shots seven and eight, are too close together to have been fired by the same gun. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 6 June 2018"
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"\u2014 D. B. Steinman"
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"\u2014 Ellsworth Huntington"
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"An oscillation between the two sets of concerns captures not only our unstable moral and social-justice intuitions, which often depend on who\u2019s the violator and who\u2019s the violated, but also the real trade-offs between privacy and competing concerns. \u2014 Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"While some fans out there only blow wind in one direction, this tower fan offers 90-degree oscillation , meaning that the cool air will reach your entire room. \u2014 Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"The internal oscillation ensures that the air flow gets distributed evenly throughout the room for up to 20 feet, according to the testers. \u2014 Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens , 9 June 2022",
"There are also more updates to running, offering insights into stride length, ground contact time and vertical oscillation . \u2014 David Phelan, Forbes , 11 June 2022",
"New Running Metrics When tracking a run, the Apple Watch will now measure your stride length, ground contact time, and vertical oscillation , metrics typically reserved for running-specific wearables. \u2014 Francisco Lahoz, PCMAG , 8 June 2022",
"The app will now be able to show more information at a glance, including vertical oscillation . \u2014 Christian De Looper, BGR , 6 June 2022",
"The electronic front display shows speed and time functions, with four buttons directly above, one of which control oscillation . \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 13 Apr. 2021",
"If one arm is slightly longer than the other, or the speed of light in that direction is a little slower, the wave on that arm will undergo some extra oscillation . \u2014 Chad Orzel, Forbes , 15 Sep. 2021"
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