as in throb
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
his resting pulse rate is much lower than that of most men his age
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Recent Examples of pulse
Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Botox helps reduce urine leakage and the urge to pee, while nerve stimulation therapy uses electrical pulses to help maintain better bladder function.86
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—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Komarnicka believes that what wearables did for the body - turning steps and pulse into rituals of health - AI can now do for the mind.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Emerson poll also took the pulse of how people are feeling about next year’s gubernatorial race.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Botox helps reduce urine leakage and the urge to pee, while nerve stimulation therapy uses electrical pulses to help maintain better bladder function.86
3.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
Add cold butter; pulse just until mixture resembles coarse meal (some pea-size pieces are fine), 12 to 15 pulses.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Komarnicka believes that what wearables did for the body - turning steps and pulse into rituals of health - AI can now do for the mind.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulse
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So the production is impeccable, getting the period details right and exact, down to the last slap-bass throb, while also sounding fresh and up to date.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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Naomi Campbell sings, grooving to a disco throb and delivering the line like Deee-Lite’s Lady Miss Kier might.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The discussion came as Robinhood posted third quarter results that beat analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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That figure, which is provided by payrolls processing company ADP, beat the Dow Jones consensus estimate for an increase of 22,000.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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Predictably, Mike responds to Kyle’s beating by meddling further.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The whole place was vibrating from the power of the storm.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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At a home in eastern Jamaica, which avoided the worst of the Melissa’s impacts, Edma felt the building's concrete walls vibrate as the storm barreled across the island.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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While the former aids in the reduction of puffiness and dark circles in the under-eye area based on hot and cold contrast therapy, the latter comes with three attachments for relieving muscle pain, tension, and soreness through rapid pulsations.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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The silvered soleil face shows black subdials and an outer bright blue pulsations scale calibrated for 15 pulsations.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Pulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulse. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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