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 Staying up to date on your car’s regular maintenance, such as oil changes, brake checks and tire rotations, can have a positive impact on its selling price. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Spinal rotations When sitting for over an hour, our spine can become impacted as pressure builds on the discs in our lumbar spine. — Sophia Dyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026 Charlotte students will complete clinical rotations at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and other regional Atrium Health facilities. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Aug. 2026 The Valkyries offense took a while to get going, but the rotations were playoff-esque from the start. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 But even though her voice has been in R&B rotations for close to a decade, last year changed the conversation. — Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026 The tidbit is a testament to how brutal the Bombers’ bats have been alongside one of the best rotations in baseball. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 After four years of medical school, plus two more of academic research and clinical rotations, our son Asher was ready to begin his surgical residency at a prominent New York hospital. — Allan Ripp, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 That's when deep inspections, brake work, and tire rotations get done. — Malana Vantyler, Ascend Agency, 11 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Watch your baby’s face light up while this adorable penguin toy waddles and spins.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Many other qubit candidates have been explored, from electron spins to photons to more exotic quantum systems.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of spins

Noun

Amsterdam is crowded, and cars, trams, bikers, and pedestrians seem to float by from all directions in silence … lost in the white noise of breezing through this dreamy city on two wheels.

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
In the library/innovation center, the furniture like whiteboard tables, benches, booths, ottomans and shelves are on wheels, easily moved to change the layout and open up the space for events, assemblies or performances.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of wheels

Noun

Active starter better mimics the slow rise leavening action of yeast (in breads and rolls) versus quick acting leaveners like baking soda and powder.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026
There are other entrees as well, like sword fish rolls, king prawns and scampi and calves liver.

— Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of rolls

Noun

On Wall Street, the founders observed how institutional investors sought to trade such uncertain binary outcomes as Brexit and the 2016 presidential election through proxies such as swaps, options, and other risk curves.

— Carson Becker, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Classic cars are known for their curves, chrome and nostalgia.

— Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of curves

Noun

For comparison, regular drone propellers can rotate at several thousand revolutions per minute.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
From the viewpoint of the bourgeoisie, both Jews and the aristocracy advocated revolutions and radical change, and thus both attacked the status quo.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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