clockwise

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Recent Examples of clockwise The most common design requires a clockwise-turn and pull of the circular filter. — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al, 25 Apr. 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 High-pressure systems are swirling, clockwise-moving patterns of airflow, where the atmospheric pressure tends to be higher than the surrounding atmosphere. — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 16 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 30 Sep. 2026.

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