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as in to rotate
to move in circles around an axis or center
spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds
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as in rotation
a rapid turning about on an axis or central point
the ice skater moved into a tight spin at the end of her routine
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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
the news left me all in a spin
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Recent Examples of spin
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Aside from royally pissing off hordes of fans (with an average attendance of 25,048 per game, MLB turnstile spins in ’95 were down 20% compared to the league’s pre-strike mark of 31,240), the strike also coincided with a series of media shakeups.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Ross isn’t afraid to put his own spin on the classics, either—purists be damned.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Some advanced fingerboarders can do tricks like 1080 Ollie, which spins the board in three full rotations, or a Triple Kickflip, which spins the board three times in the air.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
Aside from royally pissing off hordes of fans (with an average attendance of 25,048 per game, MLB turnstile spins in ’95 were down 20% compared to the league’s pre-strike mark of 31,240), the strike also coincided with a series of media shakeups.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
Utilizing techniques adapted from filmmaking and aesthetics that put a surreal spin on Old Hollywood glamour, Alex Prager’s work blends still images and moving ones.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Ross isn’t afraid to put his own spin on the classics, either—purists be damned.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spin
Verb
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Frequent glenohumeral internal rotation deficit tests, which reveal how far back a player’s shoulder can rotate, are strong indicators of potential arm injuries.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The force includes contingents from Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Oklahoma, with units rotating in and out of the District on staggered timelines.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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By swimming among them day after day.—
BRADY DENNIS THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The sentences swim and skim like surface bugs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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The players had to swing from the opposite side of the plate — left-handed for righties and right-handed for lefties.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The 28-year-old swung a hot bat before his injury and is 4 for 5 with the pair of extra base hits since his return.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The robot’s motions closely matched the operator’s, from arm swings and torso rotation to step length and leg lift, maintaining a high level of synchronization and rhythm, reports Techinasia.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Heat then used a bench rotation of Kel’el Ware, Jaquez, Powell, Kasparas Jakucionis and Myron Gardner against the Spurs.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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And there’s still almost an hour of film left to go, in which everyone, including the audience, is in a sort of hallucinatory, post traumatic daze — but even the relative comfort of that won’t last long.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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In contrast, showrunner Steven Conrad shoots the wine-tasting bike trip like the second-act fall-deeper-in-love excursion in a rom-com.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2026
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Skunk Train describes its 25-mile Noyo excursion as a strenuous, lengthy trip that can be quite chilly during the cooler months.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
23 Mar. 2026
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley will return as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, the respective super-powered actor and ex-terrorist-thespian around which the show revolved.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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While the Broadway production was presented on a huge, revolving set, this intimate black-box staging will focus on the language and storytelling in the script.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The heady Moon whirls into your 6th House of Effort, highlighting habits that support productivity.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
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The whirling metal blades dominate the front yard with more frenzy movements than a four-year-old rushing to the bathroom.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Spin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spin. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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