variants
or swivelling
as in spinning
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 swiveling
The vacuum was easy to maneuver on bare floors and low-pile carpet, especially with the help of the swiveling head.
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Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Easily switch between the debris-collection side and cultivating side by simply turning the rake over or swiveling the head 180 degrees.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Initial pictures also show a pair of seat belts on the swiveling front-facing rear bench, so you there ought to be two sleeping berths to accommodate those two extra people.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
The pair stood almost motionless in the middle of the road, ears swiveling, eyes calm but watchful.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Easily switch between the debris-collection side and cultivating side by simply turning the rake over or swiveling the head 180 degrees.
—Christopher Murray
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Initial pictures also show a pair of seat belts on the swiveling front-facing rear bench, so you there ought to be two sleeping berths to accommodate those two extra people.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
The pair stood almost motionless in the middle of the road, ears swiveling, eyes calm but watchful.
—Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swiveling
Verb
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Vertigo takes passengers several feet high in the air, spinning riders on swings at the top.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Turns out his co-workers were more focused on crunching numbers than spinning tracks.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Families are turning dinner into an activity by using pizza dough or premade crusts to mold fun, spooky shapes, like ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, before topping them with sauce, cheese, and all their favorite fixings.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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With income inequality growing and more seniors falling into poverty each year, this is an ominous sign for the largest surge of Americans turning 65 daily in history, experts said.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There is already so much disinformation swirling about voting systems and their security.—
Bente Birkeland,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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These two names have been swirling in speculation about Cena's final matches.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Subaru’s rural test site didn’t lend itself to the stop and go city driving where hybrids shine, but the Crosstrek’s extra power was apparent on twisting mountain roads.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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When the sprouts are 5 to 6 inches long, remove the slips by twisting them off the potato or cutting the potato into sections between each sprout.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As de rigueur with the rotating doors in the C-suite of a new merger, Paramount Global and Marketing Distribution Boss Marc Weinstock and Domestic Distribution President Chris Aronson are departing.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Dave and a rotating cast of smart, thought-provoking guests talk about their inspirations, failures, successes, fame, and identities.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If a red light isn’t changing to green, police and traffic advocates suggest pulling up to the intersection line, then rolling your vehicle back and forth to trip the light sensor in the pavement.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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The jackpot has been rolling since it was last won at $348 million in Virginia on June 27.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Perhaps more than any other individual in the whirling sphere of fashion, Margareta van den Bosch catapulted high-low dressing.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Here, the tarantella is by turns gleeful and demonic — a frantic dance of the doomed, whirling through a mist of contemporary clangor.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Other photos show just mom and her daughter twirling together alone.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Sprinklers were twirling on little patches of lawn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Swiveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swiveling. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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