How to Use frequency in a Sentence

frequency

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  • The frequency of student errors was frustrating to the young teacher.
  • Our visits decreased in frequency.
  • Errors were occurring with increasing frequency.
  • As the frequency of the bleeps and fights increased, the ratings began to soar.
    — Matthew Jordan, Fortune, 2 May 2023
  • The frequency can be more important than the length of each session.
    — Gen Cleary, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Reidenberg: Those sounds are not in the frequency range that these whales hear.
    — Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Like forest fires, the frequency of grass and shrub fires has increased over time.
    — Nadja Popovich, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But what happens if the frequency is increased to 2 Hz?
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
  • These efforts abound at the Allen Telescope Array, which scans the skies at a wide range of frequencies.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Make tweaks in order to flatten the soundwaves with the ideal frequency curve.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2023
  • The frequency could increase again if needed, the four central banks said.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The frequency of the mental health reports surprised her.
    — Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Each parrot has its own distinctive voice with changes in the frequency of its squawks.
    — Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Scientific American, 13 June 2023
  • The team also saw the cicadas’ peak frequency varying between 1.2 kHz and 1.5 kHz.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Nov. 2023
  • That said, the dirty water tank has to be changed every other week or once a month (depending on the frequency of use).
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • That level of frequency, of course, isn’t unusual in the country genre.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The three events also had energies across a wider range of frequencies than most other events, the study authors write.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The new scale and frequency of self-tapes means that more actors are doing more work for diminished chances at each role.
    — Tavi Gevinson, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
  • But some of it can go to preparing for the future and improved service frequency, maybe even new routes.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In its report, PEN found parallels between the frequency of prison bans and book bans in schools and libraries.
    — Hillel Italie, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The researchers also found that the frequency of the whale noises would likely be in the same range as noises made by shipping vessels.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Ukrainian drone units often need soldiers who are skilled in coding to change the frequency on a drone’s software.
    — Yurii Shyvala, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • These have frequencies around 30 GHz, which means a wavelength of around 1 centimeter.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Milwaukee’s rap scene is its own universe, with its own stars, sound, and frequency.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The Blackening started as a way to skewer a tired trope: the frequency with which Black characters are killed first in horror movies.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
  • Another factor to remember is the frequency with which it must be cleaned.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2023
  • As the seasons change, adjust the frequency of irrigation, but always run the water for the same number of minutes.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • When sound bounces off of a mass of flowing blood, the returning sound waves wiggle at a different frequency than those emitted.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Some even suggest blood type may be a factor in mosquito bite frequency.
    — Staff Author, Verywell Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But before the law of attraction takes effect, there’s the law of vibration, there’s a law of frequency, and then finally the law of deservedness.
    — Felice León, Essence, 2 Aug. 2023

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