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 entire Mets offense cooled in Seattle, facing one of the best rotations in baseball, but Benge brought it back to life Sunday. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 7 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 There has been a focus on rotations in the wide areas in Brazil’s matches under Ancelotti, which plays to the strengths of the forwards. —

Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 5 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 Hubbard receiving 60% of the share, while Brooks (and possibly Etienne) take the rest of the touches would be a plausible scenario based on head coach Dave Canales’ previous running back rotations. —

Mike Kaye june 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026 Living quarters included bunk beds, a small kitchen, restrooms, and communal areas where crews spent 24-hour rotations waiting for orders that everyone hoped would never arrive. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026

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Noun

Most of the solid material involves lasers and optical guides; the computation is done using the nuclear spins of atoms held suspended by an array of laser light.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
The business also has made Space Shuttle drag parachutes for the orbiter, and parachutes that deploy from the tails of F-22 and F-35 military jets to break them from unrecoverable stalls or spins.

— Pat Maio, Oc Register, 29 May 2026