as in roundabout
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While the rotary knob that surrounds the ignition button provides quick access to the various drive modes (which includes a customizable Individual mode), hard buttons for features like damper stiffness and exhaust volume allow for specific alterations to the driving experience on the fly.
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Bradley Iger,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
Its DuoScrub rotary mops apply downward pressure to erase stains, while a specialized hair-snipping brush eliminates manual detangling.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
6 May 2026
The advantage is slight; in typical mowing conditions, a rotary mower and a mulching mower perform equally well.
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Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2026
After first threatening to kill Hole, Barli instead jumps out of his fifth-floor balcony window, where he is impaled on an outdoor rotary clothes airer stationed in the garden below.
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bradley Iger,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
Its DuoScrub rotary mops apply downward pressure to erase stains, while a specialized hair-snipping brush eliminates manual detangling.
—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
6 May 2026
The advantage is slight; in typical mowing conditions, a rotary mower and a mulching mower perform equally well.
—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2026
After first threatening to kill Hole, Barli instead jumps out of his fifth-floor balcony window, where he is impaled on an outdoor rotary clothes airer stationed in the garden below.
—
K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary
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The former project would place two natural rocks topped with pelican statues in La Jolla Boulevard medians next to the pedestrian crossings south of the Colima Street roundabout and north of the Camino de la Costa roundabout.
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Crews will replace the concrete truck apron inside the roundabout.
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About 1,500 protesters tried to march to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, a key city landmark, after Friday prayers.
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In a traffic circle, no one has the right of way except someone who’s already in the circle.
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Court documents say that the two victims were driving east on Highway 62 on the Interstate 35W interchange when Morgan approached from behind in an unmarked black Ford Expedition.
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Construction is underway on the $74 million rail expansion at the port’s 302-305 berths and the $130 million reconfiguration of the SR 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge interchange.
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But residents of the surrounding area have complained for years that the nearby cloverleaf interchange for Colfax Avenue and Federal Boulevard divides the community and creates unsafe conditions for pedestrians and drivers.
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To avoid traffic jams, the avenues that connect each sector of the city were designed without intersections; instead, the intersections have cloverleaf interchanges.
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The culmination of the event saw people filtering into the shore to create a circle of colorful surfboards dotted with flowers to toss into the ocean to honor ancestors, invoke healing and celebrate the relationship between Black people and the ocean.
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But even as his social circle broadened, there was perhaps no one more influential on Greenspan than Ayn Rand.
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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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