as in fluctuated
formal
to move or be shaped like waves
undulating hills an undulating surface
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Finch cited Oklahoma City as an example of a team that changed the roles of players throughout its rotation depending on matchups, noting the minutes for Thunder Isaiah Hartenstein fluctuated.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
18 Oct. 2025 -
Since then, the count has fluctuated between 16 and 55 players, dropping again to only 7 players in 2024 and 2025.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
17 Oct. 2025
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Union Jack bunting fluttered overhead.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Concertgoers fluttered around the building, staying away from the barricaded stairs leading up to the upstairs balcony, which is inaccessible.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Employees waved cars toward spots in the grass.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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He was helped on to a medical cart and waved to the crowd as he was taken off the field.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Not long after that, support for the policy oscillated among other officials.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Over the past three years, his sound has oscillated between folk and rock.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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If the flame flickered or bent, air movement was present, indicating a draft.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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This summer, Kwame Nkrumah’s transatlantic legacy flickered back into view when Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral race.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The earthquake shook at a depth of just 4 miles, with its epicenter roughly 9 miles west of Johannesburg.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Nearly two years later, there’s still evidence at the crime scene that shook this small island country — ash on jutting rocks, melted scraps of plastic and fabric scattered in the verdant shrubbery where wild dogs stalk giant lizards.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Earth shuddered with yet another wave of extinctions in this initial chill.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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For much of last season, Atletico appeared set to seriously compete on all fronts, but their season shuddered to a stop in March with a series of disappointing defeats by Barcelona and Madrid across La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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As arson and violence convulsed Black neighborhoods, white support for the movement plummeted.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Undulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undulated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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