Thesaurus results for PIVOTING

pivoting

verb

present participle of pivot

as in rotating

to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis the telescope is mounted on a tripod so you can easily pivot it for viewing in any direction

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Recent Examples of pivoting Yet, rather than pivoting, many organizations held firm on headcount. —

Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 May 2026 Under the umbrella of Saudi Vision 2030, the nation is pivoting toward a diverse, sustainable economy with an ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. —

Fmg Studios, Footwear News, 1 May 2026 Platner had already been pivoting toward the general election, focusing his stump speech more on Collins, while a pro-Collins super PAC has spent $2 million in attack ads against him. —

Julia Terruso, Time, 30 Apr. 2026 Sensing a lucrative market, global industries are now pivoting toward the region. —

Trista Kurniawan, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026 Aleph Alpha was founded in 2019 to build large language models (LLMs) before pivoting to developing AI applications. —

Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 Here’s a category-by-category guide to pivoting your itinerary fast. —

Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026 By the time Ackerman left in 2005, The W had adapted and survived in part by pivoting away from that and finding success with franchises like the Connecticut Sun (2003). —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026 Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand that found its way onto the feet of tech CEOs and movie stars before falling on hard times, is pivoting to artificial intelligence. —

Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026

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In July, the European Union’s rotating Council Presidency will issue official communications in the Irish language, alongside English, in a historic first.

— Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
At the Venice Biennale, Eshetu is showing The Garden of the Broken-Hearted (2026), a new work that revolves around an olive tree mounted on a rotating dais—with a video of the tree projected onto the tree itself.

— Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026