as in rotated
to move in circles around an axis or center
the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis
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Recent Examples of gyrated
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg Not since the darkest days of 1997 have South Korean markets gyrated like a seismometer detecting a big one.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The stock market has gyrated for weeks amid uncertainty over the war in the Middle East, which has strangled the global flow of oil and liquified natural gas, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively shut to oil tankers.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Markets have gyrated as traders try to discern the outlook for the Fed.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 has gyrated wildly in recent weeks.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Financial markets gyrated Thursday as investors increasingly price in a period of higher inflation due to the ongoing war.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Bad Bunny danced, ran, and gyrated up and down the stage’s short catwalk, wearing a white shirt with wide cuffs (reminiscent of a poet blouse), a vest and pants.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026
Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Multiple video cameras captured the dynamic choreo on giant screens behind the stage as McRae and her entourage danced with canes, strutted down a catwalk, seductively gyrated on moving platforms, and even pole-danced.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The stock market has gyrated for weeks amid uncertainty over the war in the Middle East, which has strangled the global flow of oil and liquified natural gas, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively shut to oil tankers.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Markets have gyrated as traders try to discern the outlook for the Fed.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 has gyrated wildly in recent weeks.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
Financial markets gyrated Thursday as investors increasingly price in a period of higher inflation due to the ongoing war.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Bad Bunny danced, ran, and gyrated up and down the stage’s short catwalk, wearing a white shirt with wide cuffs (reminiscent of a poet blouse), a vest and pants.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026
Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Multiple video cameras captured the dynamic choreo on giant screens behind the stage as McRae and her entourage danced with canes, strutted down a catwalk, seductively gyrated on moving platforms, and even pole-danced.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gyrated
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With Thompson out, Locke and Malik Hooker worked as first-team safeties, while Markquese Bell, Zion Childress and Alijah Clark rotated in with the second team.—
Nick Harris
June 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
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Deploying Big Carl, the engineers lifted the 42-foot (13 m) RPV inside the reactor building, where it was rotated to a vertical position by a large internal polar crane and then lowered onto a support ring.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Mark had hired a photographer and revolved the engagement around a special place close to both his and Jess' hearts, so postponing the proposal wouldn't do anyone any favors.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
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Leonard Cohen had a house there, one of 100 in the world that revolved on a motor.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Silencing Highlanders hitters Carson junior Isabella Campos effectively spun her curve ball and kept Granada Hills off balance.—
Ethan Hanson,
Daily News,
30 May 2026
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The Barcelona moviehouse had been decorated for the occasion; the cryptic Scottish duo’s hexagonal logo was projected on the walls and spun on circular screens set into the ceiling.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
29 May 2026
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Players twirled napkins over their heads.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Posing against the backdrop of the ocean, Klum twirled around and lounged on a log in the sand, showing off different angles of the plunging string bikini design.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
31 May 2026
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“Gyrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyrated. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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