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noun

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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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verb

as in to throb

to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat

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Noun

With surveillance cameras already tracking our movements and behaviors in public, now even our eye movements will be monitored by cameras built into AR glasses, while our pulse signals will be captured by neural wristbands. —

Gerui Wang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 To reduce the symptoms, patients often take prescription medications or receive deep brain stimulation, which sends electrical pulses to nerve cells in the brain. —

Randi Richardson, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024

Verb

With a pilot written by Erin Foster (who created VH1’s Barely Famous with her actress sister Sara) and directed by comedy vet Greg Mottola, Nobody Wants This is a sunny slice of L.A. life, with caustically funny dialogue and a pulsing indie-rock soundtrack. —

Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024 Laird finished the demo with the pulsing guitars creating a new wave feel, and all three of them did the gang vocals at the end of the chorus. —

Tom Roland, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pulse

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