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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a wave" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to describe something that resembles or behaves like a wave, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "The crowd moved as a wave, undulating in rhythm with the music."
Alternatives: "like a wave" or "in a wave-like manner."
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The operation of the cycloidal turbine both as a wave generator as well as a wave-to-shaft energy converter interacting with a linear Airy wave is demonstrated.
Part of the reason is supply and demand, as a wave of capital chases a limited supply of deals.
thus causing them to appear to act as a wave.
Branding themselves as a wave was part of it.
This is a little complicated: light behaves as a particle and as a wave.
The Black Death spread through 14th-century Europe as a wave, for example.
Bush simply said "thank you" as a wave of raucous applause rose from the assembled.
The Great Recession came as a wave of blows to Tom Bumpas.
Wouldn't that be a human gesture, such as a wave or a smile?
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The merger was planned in 1996 as a wave of similar consolidations swept through the medical industry.
It is afflicting many German and other European companies, as a wave of mergers sweeps across the continent (see article).
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