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as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship
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Recent Examples of seesaw
Sean Conlon, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
That stock has suffered steep losses, and the broader market has seesawed, since Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled an artificial intelligence model that has seeded doubts about the U.S. approach to AI.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Over the past 4 months, payroll growth has followed a seesaw pattern - increasing 78,000 in August, 255,000 in September, 36,000 in October, and 227,000 in November.
—Harry Holzer, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The stock has been seesawing this week after starting off the period with a 17% plunge on Monday — the biggest one-day loss ever for a U.S. company — when Chinese AI startup DeepSeek heightened fears about spending on the technology and U.S. AI dominance.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
That stock has suffered steep losses, and the broader market has seesawed, since Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled an artificial intelligence model that has seeded doubts about the U.S. approach to AI.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
This is meant to be the other end of the seesaw from Leighton’s coming out story.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Over the past 4 months, payroll growth has followed a seesaw pattern - increasing 78,000 in August, 255,000 in September, 36,000 in October, and 227,000 in November.
—Harry Holzer, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seesaw
Verb
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The aunties kneel and sway and hug on the living-room floor, keening dramatically one minute, chuckling over their cellphones the next.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2025
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Early last year, Matthew Allison could be found at the Space Banana dance club, awkwardly swaying to his own beat.—
James Bandler,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Its head bobbed up and down and side to side, its snub nose tracing arcs in the morning sky.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Selena Gomez has been embracing a retro aesthetic with her glam lately, throwing it back to the ‘50s and early ’60s with vintage-y pageboy bobs on the red carpet.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The sleek all-black upper, paired with black rubber pods on the outsole, embodies the sultry and timeless appeal of a black shoe versatile enough to be worn anywhere.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Lipa also forwent rubber flip-flops for a more avant-garde shoe—a pair of Maison Margiela Tabi ballet flats, one of the most polarizing silhouettes in the designer footwear world, thanks to that saucy split-toe detail.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With the team shooting 14.7 percent in his minutes and rocking a 0.914 save percentage, there is an element of luck in play here.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: The indoor vertical farming sector has been rocked by closures over the past few years.—
Katie Fehrenbacher,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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His leg was pumping at, like, a hundred miles an hour.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
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By Erica Sloan Sparkly beverages pumped with prebiotic fiber have been bubbling up for some time now, positioned both as gut-helpers and healthier alts to classic soda.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Tools like round-robin discussions, silent brainstorming, or pre-meeting input channels help prevent dominance by a few.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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The title is also the prize of the annual Continental Classic tournament, a round-robin competition held in late November and culminating at the Worlds End pay-per-view in December.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But the ruling did little to herald any political stability in the country, which has lurched from crisis to crisis.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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For the last six weeks, Americans have been yanked and ghosted, lurched and launched with a merciless urgency.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the past, Boston has been able to shake off adversity and remain successful.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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New tariffs take effect this week upending global alliances, shaking business and consumer confidence, and rattling the markets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Seesaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seesaw. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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