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
Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks.
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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
Recession forecasts gyrated wildly in the first half of the year, as outlined in a previous column.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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
Recession forecasts gyrated wildly in the first half of the year, as outlined in a previous column.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gyrated
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The works will be rotated throughout the galleries, allowing visitors to view them through a different lens.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The foundation was a weekly video conference that rotated among the four former catchers.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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City records going back to 2017, released to The Bee, in August show Karl Lysinger’s problems with the city revolved initially around his refusal to buy its water.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
18 Nov. 2025
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Beyond just apartments, the conversation in many races revolved — and diverged — around candidates’ attitudes toward growth in general.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Hondurans had a chance to tie the score late when Nielsen spun down an opposing player in the box and was called for a foul.—
Josh Gross,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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She was struck by the number of clients spun through the system countless times without getting treatment for addiction or mental illness.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Sun Ra twirled, his arms and wrists as fluid as a showgirl’s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Hannah Mae Speaker, of Portage, twirled on stage as Glinda from The Wizard of Oz.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Gyrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyrated. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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