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
Shmidman talked about the importance of pivoting.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
In other fast food news, Wendy’s is quickly pivoting to the holiday season.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Those callers know that pivoting to rely solely on food banks probably won’t be enough to meet their food needs in full.
—Matthew W. Kreuter, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Those callers know that pivoting to rely solely on food banks probably won’t be enough to meet their food needs in full.
—Matthew W. Kreuter, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2025
Still, Main Street entrepreneurs have shown remarkable agility in 2025—pivoting faster than big corporations when adopting new digital tools, experimenting with AI for marketing, and tailoring customer service to local tastes, Telyan says.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Mamdani initially tried to stay on-message, offering a quick disavowal of an unsavory association or controversial past statement and pivoting back his agenda.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
What Netflix is great at, more than any other legacy media company, is pivoting and reacting to a hit, capitalizing on what audiences are responding to on its platform.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
The Rockets are compensating without the 6-foot VanVleet by pivoting to an extremely tall starting lineup.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
In other fast food news, Wendy’s is quickly pivoting to the holiday season.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Those callers know that pivoting to rely solely on food banks probably won’t be enough to meet their food needs in full.
—Matthew W. Kreuter, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Those callers know that pivoting to rely solely on food banks probably won’t be enough to meet their food needs in full.
—Matthew W. Kreuter, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2025
Still, Main Street entrepreneurs have shown remarkable agility in 2025—pivoting faster than big corporations when adopting new digital tools, experimenting with AI for marketing, and tailoring customer service to local tastes, Telyan says.
—Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Mamdani initially tried to stay on-message, offering a quick disavowal of an unsavory association or controversial past statement and pivoting back his agenda.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
What Netflix is great at, more than any other legacy media company, is pivoting and reacting to a hit, capitalizing on what audiences are responding to on its platform.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
The Rockets are compensating without the 6-foot VanVleet by pivoting to an extremely tall starting lineup.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pivoting
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With over 60 flavors and rotating seasonal releases, choosing which of the company's ice cream to bring home can make the freezer aisle at the Piggly Wiggly feel like the final round of a high-pressure, high-stakes game show.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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The venue will also hold a regular rotating residency in swing jazz with The Flood, The Sazerac 5, The Micro Brew Swing Band, and Old Sam & The Teardrops.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Season-defining results turning not on the ever-growing bona fide quality of the players and the performances but on farcical decision-making.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The guy wants to create a ballroom for his rich friends while turning a blind eye to the fact that babies are going to starve when the SNAP benefits end hours from now.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Land of Spooks is a phantasmagorical blend of twisting gothic spires, impossible land formations, and disconcerting expressionist proportions.—
Kambole Campbell,
IndieWire,
4 Nov. 2025
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This stabilizing exercise targets the muscles that control your foot twisting outward (peroneal muscles) and the ones that control your foot twisting inward (tibialis posterior).—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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Other photos showed just the mom and her daughter twirling together alone.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The towels started twirling again.—
D’Joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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Washing for too long and spinning at the highest final spin rate causes wear and tear on clothes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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College football’s coaching carousel is spinning faster and faster as the regular season enters its final month, and the breeze coming off it can be felt in Minnesota.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Pivoting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pivoting. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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