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clockwise

[klok-wahyz] / ˈklɒkˌwaɪz /
ADJECTIVE
orbiting
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
right
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Clockwise, from above: In April 2024, River Lodge reopened as a retro-chic boutique lodging.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Clockwise from top left: Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton and Patrick Stewart of “The Next Generation,” which ran for seven seasons starting in 1987.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2023

The Clockwise Credit Union, which provides support to people struggling to manage their finances, has advised struggling families to ask for help.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022

Clockwise from left: Paraic Kenny, a tumor geneticist who turned his lab into a coronavirus sequencing facility.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020

Clockwise or anti-clockwise, male or female, half empty or half full, stationary or moving, depending on how you look at it.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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