clockwise

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Recent Examples on the Web The most common design requires a clockwise-turn and pull of the circular filter. Lily Jackson | Ljackson@al.com, al, 25 Apr. 2020 Daniele's Diamond DA42 twin-engine turbo prop plane lifted off from the Rochester airport headed south, flew counter-clockwise around the community then zig-zagged across the city. Brian Sharp, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2020 So now, with only two other forces, the only way for their torques to offset is for one to pull clockwise and the other to pull counterclockwise. Rhett Allain, Wired, 25 Apr. 2020 The study found that three groups of fibers were separated and twisted clockwise like an S and once twisted, the strands were twined counterclockwise to form a cord. Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Apr. 2020 See all Example Sentences for clockwise 

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“Clockwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clockwise. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.

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