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The lights pulsated with the music.
People danced to the pulsating sounds of hip-hop.
Virtually every scene of the movie pulsates with suspense.
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Last year, observations of the subtle movements of pulsating stars known as a pulsar timing array revealed a background hum of gravitational waves in the universe — ripples in the fabric of space-time.
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Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Driven by bold visuals, pulsating music, and minimal dialogue, The Substance delivers a lurid and merciless critique of society’s unsustainable beauty standards.
—Elissa Suh, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Astronaut Butch Wilmore first reported the pulsating sound coming from a speaker inside the spacecraft to Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, just days before it was set to leave the station and return to Earth on autopilot.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
For this album, Álvarez spent five years studying every aspect of the retro salsa sound, practicing at some of Bogotá’s pulsating neighborhood salsa clubs.
—Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Driven by bold visuals, pulsating music, and minimal dialogue, The Substance delivers a lurid and merciless critique of society’s unsustainable beauty standards.
—Elissa Suh, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2024
Astronaut Butch Wilmore first reported the pulsating sound coming from a speaker inside the spacecraft to Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, just days before it was set to leave the station and return to Earth on autopilot.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
For this album, Álvarez spent five years studying every aspect of the retro salsa sound, practicing at some of Bogotá’s pulsating neighborhood salsa clubs.
—Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Pulsate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pulsate. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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