swivels

present tense third-person singular of swivel
as in rotates
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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Verb
  • The United States holds the G20’s presidency in 2026 — a position that rotates among the 19 countries and the European Union, which make up the group.
    Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In contrast, the team’s innovative solution rotates the printing platform, allowing powder to be deposited and fused continuously.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • The decision turns less on predicting the next Fed meeting and more on projecting a company’s earning power far into the future.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Maria is a wonderfully textured character, at turns flinty and cold and vivacious and funny, and Maura is adept at embodying all sides to this woman.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Why Regeneration, Not Reinvention Whenever HR is critiqued, the pendulum swings toward reinvention.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • With Venice the fall’s first awards season launchpad, eyes will be keenly trained on how the jury swings tonight.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Venus spins very slowly on its axis, and one day there is equivalent to 116 Earth days, or nearly four months.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • An inner radiative zone (makes up 70 percent of the Sun by radius), where energy flows smoothly and the whole region spins together like a solid ball, and the outer convective zone (the remaining 30 percent), where hot gases swirl chaotically and spin at different speeds depending on location.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The handle twists at a 90-degree angle to become a high-speed hair dryer, but locked into its upright position, the device converts into a self-winding curling iron, a frizz-smoothing paddle brush, and a volume-building oval brush.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • 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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  • The central Largo movement pivots around a clash of B-minor and B-major chords, with the latter repeatedly struggling to win out over the former.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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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“Swivels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swivels. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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