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 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 Culturally, hyper-machismo has oscillated from cool to lame to ironically cool and back again for decades. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 3 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 The index oscillated around the flatline after initially opening in negative territory. —

Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 19 May 2026 Over the past couple of weeks, oil prices have oscillated between the $90-$100 a barrel range, having gone even higher during the conflict. —

ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for oscillated

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The nearest air quality monitor to the fires indicates that the worst pollution was detected on June 17 and has fluctuated in the following days depending on wind direction, weather and emergency workers’ efforts to contain the blazes.

— Allison Beck June 19, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
In all of Major League Baseball, home run totals have fluctuated but gradually increased over the years, with this year’s pace running slightly ahead of last year’s.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026