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as in to revolve
to move in circles around an axis or center
with mirrors on three sides, she rotated all around to see how the dress looked on her
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Recent Examples of rotate
Saturn rotates on an axis tilted by 27 degrees, much as Earth does, so every 14-and-a-half years — half of its 29-year orbit — the planet’s tilt aligns the rings with the line of sight from Earth.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
But the top office has mostly rotated among the same set of leaders, most of them in their 70s.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
The rotating fan clicked, wobbled, and turned the other way.
—Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The couple pledged an initial $10 million gift to Chapman University to establish the museum which today has more than 5,000 works of California art in 26 galleries with rotating displays.
—Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
But the top office has mostly rotated among the same set of leaders, most of them in their 70s.
—Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
The rotating fan clicked, wobbled, and turned the other way.
—Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The couple pledged an initial $10 million gift to Chapman University to establish the museum which today has more than 5,000 works of California art in 26 galleries with rotating displays.
—Amy Bentley, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotate
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Today, school districts can purchase attack drones, white boards that turn into bunkers, and bullet-proof glass film, among a coterie of other high-tech products.—
Tonya Simpson,
ABC News,
24 Sep. 2025
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At the other extreme, Zankov turned argyle into a mix of color and geometry that reads maximalism at its best.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Platforms like Eater have changed the game for everything food fans do revolving from the actual dining experience to understanding the landscape behind the restaurants and the chefs literally feeding us.—
Kristin L. Wolfe,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Another, also built from white disks on a bending wire, evokes a mechanized Japanese cherry tree, its circles—perched high on a narrow stem—not revolving so much as brushing quickly past one another.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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That includes Anya Singh as Aasmaan’s manager Sanya, Raghav Juyal as bestie Parvaiz, Manish Chaudhari as mustache-twirling studio executive Freddie Sodawallah, Manoj Pahwa as Aasmaan’s uncle Avtar, and Mona Singh and Vijayakant Kohli as his parents.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
19 Sep. 2025
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Chicago Cubs rookie Cade Horton twirled another gem on Tuesday night – this time, at the expense of the Pittsburgh Pirates.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Like Pulido, crowds of attendees lined the streets to see musicians performing banda and mariachi music, followed by groups in traditional charro attire riding their horses and ballet folklórico dancers spinning in their long, colorful skirts.—
Nicole Chavez,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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This ride spins you and shakes you around while blasting electronic music and a dazzling display of flashing lights.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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Then, lift your chest and push your hips forward to swing the kettlebell up in front of the body.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
22 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the designs swing between minimalist and maximalist.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Lucky’s left upper arm bone, or humerus, and Lucky II’s right upper arm bone both show a clean, slanted fracture, suggesting they were twisted by powerful wind gusts.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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The cap doesn’t twist completely off, which makes recycling easier.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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Grab the right corner edge of the screen and push it upward, and the display will smoothly swivel up into a vertical orientation.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
5 Sep. 2025
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One camera mounted atop a parking structure can swivel 360 degrees and its zoom function offers a detailed view of a parking lot of an apartment complex across the road.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Rumors have swirled about personal and financial tensions that led to the dissolution of their professional relationship.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Rotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotate. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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