as in throb
a rhythmic expanding and contracting
his resting pulse rate is much lower than that of most men his age
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Recent Examples of pulse
Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Distributed acoustic sensing transmits laser light pulses through optical fibers and analyzes the intensity of the signals reflected back from imperfections in the fibers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2025
Ariel Wodarcyk, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025
Keys rang out late as bass pulsed, with the band stretching out on the opener.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Crown Royal cocktails flowed, the air thick with conversation about the ways Houston has always dictated the cultural pulse, even if the rest of the world has only recently begun to take notice.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Mar. 2025
Distributed acoustic sensing transmits laser light pulses through optical fibers and analyzes the intensity of the signals reflected back from imperfections in the fibers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
Apply to pulse points The first, and most obvious, is applying to your pulse points.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025
Keys rang out late as bass pulsed, with the band stretching out on the opener.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulse
Noun
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Against my temple, the feed from her tracker throbs like a second pulse.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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If the second season of Yellowjackets throbs with the same exhilarating brutality that drove the first, there is but one Greek god to thank.—
Sakhi Thirani,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Dallas Hobbs beat the buzzer with a three to put Mount St. Mary’s ahead 48-38 at halftime.—
Jeff Wallner,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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The 67-year-old Sigmon, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by firing squad, was convicted in 2002 of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents, David and Gladys Larke by beating with a baseball bat at the couple's home in Greenville County, South Carolina.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Others include the cardiac signals that control the beating of your heart, along with other signals that tell your muscles to contract.—
Steve Granick,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2025
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Buy So, even with a 53-11 record and Oklahoma City applying regular-season beatings to the rest of the NBA every night, there is still an air of mystery around the Thunder’s championship-level viability.—
Tony Jones,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Praise God … my entire body is vibrating with joy right now.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2025
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The room looked like an airport lounge — gleaming white tables with copies of Foreign Policy, an inaudible conference livestream — and vibrated with the energy of journalists from around the world begging to get inside.—
Caitlin L. Chandler,
The Dial,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To gauge whether the blood vessel pulsations propel glymphatic flow, the researchers stimulated the area of the mouse brain that produces the neurotransmitter, artificially speeding up the pulses from every 50 seconds to every 10.—
ByMitch Leslie,
science.org,
8 Jan. 2025
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Anyone could see its pulsation in the swelling and ebbing cluster of people who took minutes or hours from a crowded day, who missed meals and forwent their customary amusements to keep a chilly vigil with a mother duck who was bringing forth her young.—
Chris Foran,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2024
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“Pulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulse. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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