spinout

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noun

spin·​out ˈspin-ˌau̇t How to pronounce spinout (audio)
: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway

spin out

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verb

spun out; spinning out; spins out

intransitive verb

: to make a rotational skid in an automobile

Examples of spinout in a Sentence

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Noun
Early last week, the buzzy social network Bluesky—a onetime Twitter spinout that’s soaking up many refugees from the cesspit now known as X—finally started letting people in without invitations. David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024 Caltrans officials in Sacramento were urgently watching conditions on Interstate 80 and Highway 50 as spinouts began tying up traffic Friday night. Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024 The California Highway Patrol said numerous spinouts and collisions forced an hourslong closure of Interstate 80 from west of Truckee, California to the state line west of Reno. Steve Leblanc, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024 Among them is General Catalyst, which on Sunday announced a health business spinout with plans to buy a health system of its very own. Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 8 Oct. 2023 Popular products such as the Microsoft spinout XiaoIce are prohibited from discussing politically sensitive topics such as the Tiananmen Square protests or Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Helen Toner, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2023 But the move probably has little to do with the current passion for pharma spinouts or with Sanofi following in the footsteps of GSK, Novartis, and Pfizer in shedding a division. Matthew Herper, STAT, 27 Oct. 2023 The video shows several people crowding the intersection as two vehicles do spinouts. Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023 Hagar said he was trained to do this at relatively low speeds -- in the neighborhood of 50 mph -- which typically results in a spinout that has a relatively predictable path. Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
Verb
This is the purpose of newspaper games: to give players a reliable feeling of control, once a day at least, in a world that’s spinning out. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024 At the time of launch, Johnson & Johnson owned Neutrogena, but the conglomerate has since spun out its consumer health business to independent company Kenvue. Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 The superhero series began in 2012 and concluded in 2020 after eight seasons and 170 episodes, having spun out multiple other series including The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning and Batwoman. Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024 On the first play of the drive following Aiyuk's touchdown, Goff and Gibbs had a miscommunication on a handoff, according to Goff after the game, and Gibbs lost the ball while trying to spin out of a tackle in the hole, and Arik Armstead recovered for San Francisco at the Detroit 24-yard line. Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 2024 Eyes spin out in different directions, competing clamorously for attention. Nancy Princenthal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024 Plus, the feature’s collapse doesn’t just impact this film, but a new potential franchise led by star Dakota Johnson that Sony had hoped to spin out (spoiler alert: her character is connected to Peter Parker, whose birth is documented in the movie). James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024 The collision caused the Accord’s driver to spin out and hit a tree in the median. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024 Others, like Project Loon (Internet balloons) and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (infrastructure planning), were X or Alphabet companies and were spun out as fully independent entities, separate from the Alphabet earnings sheet. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1955, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spinout was in 1951

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“Spinout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinout. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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