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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
Each episode of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace features a single case and a rotating panel of guests that often includes victims’ family members and principals, along with reporters, lawyers and subject-matter experts.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
But then, a grasp of a corner of the screen appears to allow a user to rotate the display easily and smoothly counterclockwise.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Grace will be joined by a rotating panel of guests that may include victims’ family members and principals connected to the case as well as attorneys and journalists.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Some of you may immediately see the benefit of rotating your screen vertically.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
But then, a grasp of a corner of the screen appears to allow a user to rotate the display easily and smoothly counterclockwise.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
Grace will be joined by a rotating panel of guests that may include victims’ family members and principals connected to the case as well as attorneys and journalists.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Some of you may immediately see the benefit of rotating your screen vertically.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotate
Verb
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Nolthenius hopes that more astronomers – professionals and amateurs – will turn their eyes to the skies to observe Quaoar's occultations.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In less than six hours, the protest turned violent when police used water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and then gunfire, killing at least 19 people including children and injuring hundreds of others.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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Since cable cars can’t reverse, operators must physically turn each car on a revolving wooden turntable at the terminus.—
Maggie Downs,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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Mid-summer changes to United’s revolving credit facility indicated a switch in strategy, and there was a more aggressive approach in the market following a summit in Iceland between Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chief executive Omar Berrada and director of football Jason Wilcox.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Two go-go dancers twirled on a bar behind them.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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But then, in August of 2024, it got stuck — again — this time slowly twirling in a kind of ocean vortex known as the Taylor column.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
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Waterspouts are spinning columns of air and water mist above bodies of water and can take two forms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While most broths are perfectly serviceable for rounding out the flavors of a soup or giving a brothy head start to a braise, Epic provides the kind of gelatine-rich base that is worthy of spinning up into a ramen broth for weeknight noodle duty.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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For a locker room that’s been through a lot because the front office swung and missed on the worst quarterback trade in NFL history.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Having the most would-be glamorous member of the staff drawn into thinking a photo of Josh Holloway represents her new online boyfriend twists Michael Scott–like behavior into something that feels more keyed into this specific world of small-scale media.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Trump has done less of this in his second term, preferring to twist arms and lobby lawmakers privately this time.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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One camera mounted atop a parking structure can swivel 360 degrees and its zoom function offers a detailed view of a parking lot of an apartment complex across the road.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The pair stood almost motionless in the middle of the road, ears swiveling, eyes calm but watchful.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Miami Dolphins star receiver Tyreek Hill is already being swirled around in trade rumors.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Studs, leopard print, and DIY ornamentation sit alongside soft pastels, swirling graphic patterns, and a Nouveau color palette inspired by the Parisian Metropolitain signs.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Rotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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