How to Use Arctic Oscillation in a Sentence
Arctic Oscillation
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The freeze developed as the jet stream dipped sharply south during a strongly negative phase of what’s known as the Arctic Oscillation.
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Paul Stephen,
San Antonio Express-News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The freeze developed as the jet stream dipped sharply south during a strongly negative phase of what's called the Arctic Oscillation.
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Newsroom Meteorologist,
Houston Chronicle,
13 Feb. 2026
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Forecasters are placing some of the blame on the Arctic Oscillation, a broad upper-level pattern that shows up in pressure differences between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes.
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Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Atmospheric fluctuations on shorter weekly or daily scales, such as sudden stratospheric warming events, polar vortex disruptions, or shifts in the Arctic Oscillation, can temporarily override the overarching El Niño pattern.
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Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
16 Oct. 2026
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Also not yet fully understood are the interactions with naturally occurring planetary waves and atmospheric cycles such as the Arctic Oscillation and the El Niño Southern Oscillation.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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