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Discover LudwigThe phrase "seesawed between" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something fluctuates or alternates between two different states, opinions, or choices. Example: "The committee seesawed between approving the budget and postponing the decision until next month."
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Haynes seesawed between good periods and bad.
Friday's concert seesawed between strategic restraint and equally strategic furor.
The shares have seesawed between the mid-$20's and high $40's since.
Mr. Avon seesawed between anorexia and binge eating (not uncommon), at one point weighing 300 pounds.
From the 1960s on, the state seesawed between Democratic and Republican leadership.
Ms. Thomas seesawed between sultriness and ache in "It's Raining" and "Ruler of My Heart".
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His talk seesaws between heaven and hell.
His current sets seesaw between raunch and R&B.
The album seesaws between Usher's old ladies'-man instincts and his current commitment.
On the five albums it released from 1988 to 1996, Soundgarden started out seesawing between Led Zeppelin and punk.
CAPITALISM often seesaws between abuses that harm business and waves of self-correction.
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