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 The original film — commissioned for streaming before pivoting to a theatrical release — became a sleeper hit, with $105 million domestically and $217 million globally. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026 Gloor described the meeting as a casual breakfast encounter rather than a formal presentation, pivoting off his friendship with Carl Williams and Sterling Bay’s work on a potential White Sox relocation to the South Loop. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 While reporting at the time showed that Phillips was pivoting strategy after a costly attempt to compete with Sotheby’s and Christie’s, a new filing adds some financial figures to the picture. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026 VisitKC and Kansas City Sports Commission president and CEO Kathy Nelson credited her staff for pivoting to fill some of those rooms with travelers. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026 Truly the future of media is middle-aged journalists pivoting to YouTube. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026 Like pivoting to video or starting a side gig on Substack, influencer power rankings are a media trend du jour. — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Many scientists are choosing to stay, searching for new sources of research funding or pivoting to jobs in industry. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 The volume suggests a maturing patient population now weighing an exit, and a telehealth industry quietly pivoting to meet them there. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026

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Its three rotating carbon masts are as tall as an eight-story palazzo, casting a silhouette that has by now become a fixture in the busy port where dozens of cruise ships dock each week.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
Making an alien signal stand out from pulsars For their model, the researchers turned to pulsars, rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars that emit regular beams of radiation.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of rotating

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America must become better at turning breakthrough ideas into products the world can afford.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
On October 24, 2006, Taylor Swift was released—the debut album by a 16-year-old with blonde curls, cowboy boots, and a special talent for turning heartbreak into hits.

— Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of turning

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The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times and choked her, the report says, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
Humboldt County officials have long debated what to do about Centerville Road, a narrow, twisting byway that leads to an eroding rural beach and a handful of homes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of twisting

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Charli was the smiling face of a platform that amplified those pressures, twerking and twirling like the girl in The Red Shoes who couldn’t stop dancing.

— Nancy Jo Sales, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Schlittler sent his hometown Red Sox packing last October, striking out 12 while twirling eight scoreless innings in Game 3 of the 2025 Wild Card Series.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of twirling

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Literature, theater and operas furthered her interest in spinning tales of her own.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
With tweezers, the scientists gently pulled the strand of silk from the spider’s spinnerets — the abdominal spigots that fibers emerge from — and reeled it in by winding it around a vial with a spinning motor.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026

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