as in undulating
rising and falling in a wavelike pattern
The animal swims with an undulatory motion.
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Our drills included hours of seamlessly merging poetry with three chords, providing me with an undulant field to riff on.
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As the undulant hills beyond the valley turned blue in front of me, a cat sauntered onto the veranda and wound its tail around my ankles.
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Felicity Blunt’s black manicure Felicity Blunt arrived at Ascot with her husband Stanley Tucci, sporting a sassy wavy bob hidden under her hat.
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This charming, wavy rug is ideal for smaller spaces or as a layer to add plushness to a flat-weave.
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Industry-specific risk factors driving the crisis include financial precarity—irregular income, lack of benefits, job insecurity—touring conditions, performance pressure, workplace culture and identity fusion.
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Quakes can leave trees standing at irregular angles, uproot them entirely, and disturb their drainage patterns.
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The front nine plays through a scenic, rolling valley while the back nine plays through the towering pines of the forest.
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From his sprawling property in the rolling hills of northwest Georgia, Greg Baer built a self-help organization with a deeply human mission.
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If visible pores or uneven texture is a concern for you at all, this primer is the ultimate solution.
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As with that earlier boom-and-bust cycle, the AI landscape is likely to yield uneven outcomes, according to Qian Wang, global head of capital market research at Vanguard, and senior global economist Kevin Khang.
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“Undulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undulatory. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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