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see-sawing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for see-sawing.

Editorial note

Egalitarianism, freedom of thought, even the see-sawing from monarchy to republic to monarchy again (America excluded).

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Quick take

Alternative spelling of seesaw. [(intransitive) To use a seesaw.]

Meaning at a glance

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verb

Alternative spelling of seesaw. [(intransitive) To use a seesaw.]

noun

Alternative spelling of seesaw. [A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for see-sawing.

verb

Alternative spelling of seesaw. [(intransitive) To use a seesaw.]

noun

Alternative spelling of seesaw. [A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.]

Example sentences

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Egalitarianism, freedom of thought, even the see-sawing from monarchy to republic to monarchy again (America excluded).

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The endpoints of lines in the gradient space Show where the see-sawing planes fall into place.

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But that's exactly the sort of see-sawing you need to at least keep an eye out for when doing this sort of work.

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I think it's important to have both at the same time, so you don't end up see-sawing between the two.

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I suspect we'll see a lot of see-sawing of monthly inflation in positive and negative directions for the next year.

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I for one am perpetually see-sawing between insane focused passion for what I am doing and full blown existential crisis.

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Maintaining a better creative + technical balance, instead of see-sawing.

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I am see-sawing about not using discussion platforms any more because of this...

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So long story short, I think we need better continuous glucose monitors to prevent potential wild see-sawing when there are two opposing meds, as with the insulin-glucagon combo.

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I too burned myself out around when I was 30, got ulcers and Chrohns disease (still have it but it's manageable now), and kept on see-sawing between falling ill and working like crazy.

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So I think we'll see see-sawing difficulty in alternate 2016-block periods for a while, until a new equilibrium is reached (at a lower difficulty / lower network hash rate than before the reward drop).

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I of course am aware that property taxes change over time, but I don't think this kind of strongly observable see-sawing of the property taxes actually exists - so probably more data than just guessing would be useful.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use see-sawing in a sentence?

Egalitarianism, freedom of thought, even the see-sawing from monarchy to republic to monarchy again (America excluded).

What does see-sawing mean?

Alternative spelling of seesaw. [(intransitive) To use a seesaw.]

What part of speech is see-sawing?

see-sawing is commonly used as verb, noun.