noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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clock
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Harrison completed his first pendulum clock in 1713, before he was twenty years old.
swing
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But Robert finds that he can not avoid the latter, and thus begins the great pendulum swing of his life.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A weight suspended on the end of a piece of string and then set in motion acts as a pendulum .
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As we neared the center, we saw the pendulum clearly.
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Others dislike pendulums, sticks or rods.
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That frenzied period has passed and, if anything, the pendulum has swung in the other direction.
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The pendulum has swung from silly dreaming to grinding pragmatism.
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The cool movement, if it can be called that, swung the jazz pendulum quite a bit.
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Thus the pendulum of public pressure swings back and forth, reflecting the unresolved tensions within public policy.