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Recent Examples of rotary
Two red rotary-dial phones hooked up to a VoIP service occasionally rang with real-time reports of problems.
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PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Today, the 3 billion crayons the company makes every year are all manufactured via high-speed rotary molds capable of churning out 1,300 crayons a minute.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
Another problem is that this approach requires a complicated cryocooling system that includes pumps, seals, gaskets, pipes, insulation, a rotary coupling that transfers the cryogen into and out of the rotor, and other components that can fail and that add considerable weight.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
What’s more, the exhaust rotary valve, air compression, and fuel injection are electronically controlled, meaning they can be adjusted on the fly to change timing as needed.
—New Atlas, 14 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 9 Aug. 2025
Today, the 3 billion crayons the company makes every year are all manufactured via high-speed rotary molds capable of churning out 1,300 crayons a minute.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
Another problem is that this approach requires a complicated cryocooling system that includes pumps, seals, gaskets, pipes, insulation, a rotary coupling that transfers the cryogen into and out of the rotor, and other components that can fail and that add considerable weight.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
What’s more, the exhaust rotary valve, air compression, and fuel injection are electronically controlled, meaning they can be adjusted on the fly to change timing as needed.
—New Atlas, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary
Noun
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The parade begins just north of the roundabout at Walnut and Pleasant streets.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The arch -- similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris -- would be built in a roundabout in front of Arlington National Cemetery at one end of the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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New York is a crossroads for them at the edge of the continent, like a traffic circle with east-west routes running along the ocean or north-south routes going up the harbor or to New Jersey.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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But, for now, Trump is working on plans to build a ceremonial arch outside of Arlington National Cemetery, on a traffic circle that sits between it and Memorial Bridge.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The construction zone is in place for the ongoing work to widen I-264 and reconstruct the interchange with I-71, The Courier Journal previously reported.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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Work on the new interchange, which is anticipated to cost $55 million, has already created traffic headaches for drivers traveling east and west along State near Idaho 16 intersection.—
Rose Evans
November 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Nov. 2025
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The interchange — with on and off ramps and a bridge over the highway — will be located a mile west of the interchange at Woodland Road and a mile east of the cloverleaf at K-7.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
29 Oct. 2025
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The site sits just east of a clunky cloverleaf interchange that's an apt relic of mid-20th century sprawl.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trump and his circle disdain the Bush-Ryan-Romney Republican Establishment and Clinton-Schumer-Jeffries Democratic Establishment in equal measure.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Cover with plastic and roll into 10-inch to 11-inch circles.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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