as in to rotate
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
the cat swiveled one ear to listen to a sound outside swiveled around in his office chair
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Recent Examples of swivel
Rotating car seats, which swivel 180–360 degrees for easier loading and unloading, can offer major convenience for parents.
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Laura Lu, Parents, 16 Aug. 2025
Robots The tabletop robot resembles an iPad mounted on a movable limb that can swivel and reposition itself to follow users in a room.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
The base swivels 360 degrees for a full view of any room, and the foam cushions are supportive without being too firm.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
During partnered play, swivel the curved arm up to coat the clit in rumbly vibrations, suggests Frye-Nekrasova.
—Gabrielle Kassel, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
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Laura Lu, Parents, 16 Aug. 2025
Robots The tabletop robot resembles an iPad mounted on a movable limb that can swivel and reposition itself to follow users in a room.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
The base swivels 360 degrees for a full view of any room, and the foam cushions are supportive without being too firm.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
During partnered play, swivel the curved arm up to coat the clit in rumbly vibrations, suggests Frye-Nekrasova.
—Gabrielle Kassel, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swivel
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Over the years, the series has also seen a rotating roster of hosts, including current faces Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Bake for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown, rotating pans about halfway through.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 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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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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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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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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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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Once a livestock farmer, Ackerman pivoted the family land to pumpkins back in the ‘80s, after commodity prices crashed and a couple of droughts wreaked havoc on the industry.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
5 Sep. 2025
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Tesla's board earlier this year approved an interim compensation package for Musk worth about $29 billion in restricted stock, designed to keep him at the helm through at least 2030 as the company pivots to an AI-first strategy.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 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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“Swivel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swivel. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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