Thesaurus results for PIVOTS

pivots 1 of 2

noun

plural of pivot

as in roots

the central part or aspect of something under consideration an issue that is the real pivot of the controversy

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pivots

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pivot

as in rotates

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 pivots

Noun

Career pivots are often messy, beginning with boredom signaling that current work no longer fits. —

Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 The hinge pivots at approximately 130 degrees, The Verge reported today. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026 Product pivots, like OpenAI’s decision to shutter its video app Sora, will likely face much more questioning. —

Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 In her latest offering, the 32-year-old pivots from the darker sound of her debut, moving toward a meditative approach (in the very literal sense) to the music that colors life in the Caribbean. —

Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 In the 90s, on All My Children, those pivots involved super-couple Tad and Dixie, magazine mogul Brooke English, business titan Adam Chandler, and Kelly Ripa and Mark Conseulos’ Hayley and Mateo. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The accelerated timeline often leads to last-minute pivots involving weather, inventory shortages, and logistical surprises. —

Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026 The next episode pivots around Noah’s basketball game with his brother, Sasha (Timothy Simons). —

Hugh Hart, IndieWire, 23 May 2026 Honda wasn’t supposed to be the company making panic pivots or swallowing multi-billion-dollar write-downs while chasing the EV transition. —

New Atlas, 18 May 2026

Verb

Sleek rooms were designed by Andre Fu, there’s a central courtyard garden that pivots around a huge cherry tree, and expansive hot spring onsen pools in the basement. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Lee instead pivots to a 2023 bribery scandal that has nothing to do with the engineering, fire codes or testing protocols that govern these facilities. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026 Mazin’s script is shakiest when the action pivots to the village. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026 But as the world pivots toward more sustainable sources of energy, a new geopolitical order will emerge. —

Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026 The head of the Mini Cool pivots 360 degrees. —

Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 18 Apr. 2026 Some areas could receive more than a foot of snow by Saturday, April 4, as the storm pivots over the region. —

Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026 Fans may be confused by the finale, which pivots on a disclosure that’s bound to be common knowledge for viewers (and should already be recognized by the characters, too). —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026 Founder James van Geelen said persistently high energy prices risk weighing on consumers and corporate earnings, creating a backdrop where stocks struggle even as the Federal Reserve eventually pivots toward rate cuts. —

Yun Li, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pivots

Noun

Larger roots mean larger iris blooms and better plant vitality the following year.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
During a scene in the show toward the end, Hargitay's character roots through several boxes around her.

— Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026