as in to throb
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner the heart muscle pulsates regularly to pump blood

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Recent Examples of pulsate 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 The device projects a pulsating blue light on the ceiling that starts as a dot and expands into a halo. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pulsate 
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  • The noise of the cicadas throbbed terribly in the trees.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • But Harmony Korine’s latest marries a first-person perspective to a barrage of other visual noise on screen, including icons, pop-ups, picture-in-picture, and a chat overlay, all accompanied by a throbbing non-stop score by British producer Burial.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
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  • By pairing two drivers to vibrate in opposite directions, the technology allows for bigger sound with fewer distortions.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Rather, Danek’s device is a vibrating mesh nebulizer, which uses a circular disc that moves 150,000 times per second to wick pharmaceutical-grade nicotine liquid into an inhalable vapor.
    Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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  • On Monday night, Michigan beat Washington at Houston's NRG Stadium to claim its first national championship since 1997.
    Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • In late October, EA beat analyst projections in its announced Q2 earnings, driven by the success of FC and Madden titles as well as the return of EA College Football.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 22 Nov. 2024
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  • Season to taste with apple cider vinegar, if desired, and pulse once more.
    Alex Testere, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2024
  • As lights started pulsing across the stage set on the infield, three teenage girls behind me screamed and ran toward it just as Megan Thee Stallion appeared.
    Christine Yu, SELF, 27 Sep. 2024

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“Pulsate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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