Thesaurus results for ROTATIONS

rotations

noun

plural of rotation

as in spins

a rapid turning about on an axis or central point the Earth completes a single rotation around its axis in approximately 24 hours

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Recent Examples of rotations The rotations were sharp, hedges were hard and defensive possessions ended one-and-done. —

Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 Along the way, Brown delivered a masterclass in coaching with brilliant tactical adjustments, superb rotations and a masterful use of the team’s depth. —

Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026 Additionally, architecture must be connected and long-term ecosystem partners need to be treated as strategic capability extensions, not interchangeable vendors that operate on short-term rotations, erasing institutional memory. —

Harpreet Sidhu, Fortune, 13 June 2026 Safety Josh Metellus has mostly held the deep-safety position with Theo Jackson, but Flores could always tweak some of the rotations come training camp. —

Alec Lewis, New York Times, 12 June 2026 The uncertainty is not only rattling European allies worried about the message being sent to Russia, but also risks hurting morale among American troops -- some of whom had their rotations canceled shortly before departure -- and comes as the Army budget is already strained. —

Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026 His research, some of the first on how aerobic exercise may alter disease trajectory, showed that if patients maintained a cycling rate of 75 rotations per minute or more for 30 to 40 minutes at least three times a week, the disease progression could be slowed. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 June 2026 Candidates who compartmentalize these two dimensions, treating board preparation as separate from their clinical rotations, typically find that the disconnection shows in both areas. —

Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Christian Petersen / Getty Images NBC News analyzed the average ages of NBA champions’ playoff rotations since 2016, and San Antonio would be the youngest team to win a title — out-young-ing last year’s Oklahoma City Thunder. —

Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 June 2026

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Noun

Widow’s Bay never feels more like Parks and Recreation than in scenes set in the town’s museum, which offers glimpses of a long, strange history that often play like dark spins on similar revelations of Pawnee, Indiana’s past.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
This summer, Nestlé is adding three new flavorful spins on the classic chocolate chip cookie to its line of refrigerated take-and-bake cookie doughs.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026