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as in to revolve
to move in circles around an axis or center
with mirrors on three sides, she rotated all around to see how the dress looked on her
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Recent Examples of rotate
In the mornings, do a lap of the buffet to choose between made-to-order omelets, fresh fruit, cereals, pancakes and waffles, breads and pastries, and rotating hot sides including breakfast meats and hash browns.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
The works will be rotated throughout the galleries, allowing visitors to view them through a different lens.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Ren, the counter-style fine-dining restaurant, presents a monthly rotating menu that reimagines local ingredients through a French lens.
—Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
The open rotating spots would go to any club affiliated in a FIBA basketball league throughout Europe.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
The works will be rotated throughout the galleries, allowing visitors to view them through a different lens.
—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Ren, the counter-style fine-dining restaurant, presents a monthly rotating menu that reimagines local ingredients through a French lens.
—Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
The open rotating spots would go to any club affiliated in a FIBA basketball league throughout Europe.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotate
Verb
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Another bunker on 17, turning a birdie hole into a par.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Ditch the gallery guide and let the city's alleys be your curator for some street art, from Central's technicolor to Tsuen Wan's factory facades turned art installations and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center's open-air exhibitions.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Tiger Finance has provided the plus-size retailer with a $15 million revolving credit facility, boosting the company’s liquidity after a controversial change in ownership last year.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Homeowners who need a revolving line of credit Homeowners who can make on-time monthly interest payments during the draw period and on-time monthly payments during the repayment period.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2026
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The showing marked a sharp contrast from the 2025 Gala, which had featured less advanced versions of the robots twirling handkerchiefs in a wobbly folk dance.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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Later in the meal, Martha gladly scooped caviar off Snoop's plate before showing him how to twirl his pasta using a fork and spoon.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
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The influx of new observers allowed organizers to spin up neighborhood-specific rapid response groups and reduce response times.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Atkin rotates uphill, alley oop, in the opposite direction to the natural flow of the pipe, and spins 540 degrees (one and a half rotations) before finishing with a mute grab.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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As the exomoon orbits its host, its gravity swings the planet around their common center of gravity, called the barycenter.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bridgerton, with its consciously diverse vision of a Regency world, feels like a project conceived in a more inclusive moment; the pendulum has since swung the other way.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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From life’s first moments, multiplying cells are squished, stretched, and tugged to form tissues that bend and twist into organs that expand and contract.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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Slowly twist the valve about a quarter turn at a time, waiting for 15 seconds between each turn.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bulging eyes, head swiveling from side to side, a tiny ET, a minute being from a heavenly body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Eyes are swiveling to Six Senses London at The Whiteley.—
Jane Alexander,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Feb. 2026
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Conspiracy theories, especially on the right, have swirled for years around the Clintons and their connections to Epstein and Maxwell, who argues she was wrongfully convicted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bonta’s move from the deep-blue state of California adds to the political backdrop swirling around big business, particularly Big Media at a time when President Trump himself regularly bashes mainstream entertainment and news outlets.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Rotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotate. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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