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to move or be shaped like waves
undulating hills an undulating surface
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Recent Examples of undulated
Harrison remarks that the silhouette is slightly undulated, so your back and behind rest naturally along the subtle curve instead of needing to adjust every five minutes.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undulated
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Vehicle thefts have fluctuated during Bianco’s tenure but have been on the decline since 2021, according to the state data.—
Hailey Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Student chatter on social media fluctuated between some commenters upset that their tests or assignments would be canceled and others planning beach days in light of the system being down.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Trump gave the crowd a double thumbs up, and Xi waved before both leaders entered the legislature building for talks expected to influence relations between the world’s two largest economies.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Police say Davis waved a gun at the child before Wakefield stepped in front of his son to protect him.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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Mats Zuccarello took a shot from the left point that went off Toews and fluttered towards the net.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Homemade fan art of Jacks, the series’s love interest, fluttered out of a collector’s-edition case.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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In three games for Connor Ingram and one for Tristan Jarry, the goaltenders have oscillated between vaguely competent and actively bad.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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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,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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For a moment, the plane quivered around them like a greyhound straining on a leash.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the data revealed a planet in flux where areas brightened explosively in one year and dimmed sharply the next; regions flickered in rhythms tied to oil booms, armed conflicts, and pandemic lockdowns.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Not far from where the two sat, a customer service light flickered on and off, but no employees manned the help desk.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The pilot of a helicopter that crashed on a sightseeing flight off the Hawaiian island of Kauai last month, killing three passengers, told investigators that the aircraft vibrated and spun before plunging into the water, according to report released Friday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The envelope all but vibrated in her hands.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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Her plea will spare a lengthy discovery period and likely mark the legal denouement of a federal probe that shook Sacramento after the FBI recorded dozens of lobbyists in the summer of 2024 as part of the investigation.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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The writer-director sets her sophomore feature barely two years after the country shook off the despot’s iron grip.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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“Undulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undulated. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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