pendulum
noun
Examples of pendulum in a Sentence
Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Throughout the second, the pendulum swung, and Dallas grew increasingly frustrated with calls.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2024
The Taipei 101 building, once recognized as the tallest skyscraper in the world, uses an enormous tuned mass damper (basically a giant pendulum) to protect itself from earthquakes.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Even in 2021, a time when fashion’s pendulum of desire had swung to an extreme, oversized silhouette thanks to the mainstreaming of brands like Balenciaga, ultra-slim jeans still made up the largest share of women’s jeans at 34% of sales in the US.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
While a traditional clock might use a pendulum swinging back and forth to measure the passage of time, microwave oscillator clocks rely on electronic fields that fluctuate at frequencies of 300 MHz to 300 GHz.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Mar. 2024
But for now the pendulum seems to be swinging toward, not away.
—Nikki Baird, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Dole lost, of course, but in recent years the age pendulum has swung back to older leaders.
—Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 16 Feb. 2024
What’s more, the pendulum is only going to swing further in favor of soft skills, according to the research.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
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pendulum
noun
from scientific Latin pendulum "something suspended so as to swing freely," from Latin pendulus "suspended," from pendēre "to hang" — related to depend, perpendicular
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