clockwise
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Originating in the Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea, sargassum was pushed by clockwise currents into nutrient-rich waters where it has exploded in growth.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
A clockwise march past the 85 exhibits develops a chronology from the birth of modern war in the tangled British and French corpses of J.M.W.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Visitors twirling clockwise for luck have left a small crater on the bull's "lucky spot".
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Light can rotate clockwise, known as right-circular polarization, or counter-clockwise, known as left-circular polarization.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2026
The size of the chambers of the nautilus and the number of clockwise grooves to counterclockwise grooves in the pineapple are governed by this sequence.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing clockwise
Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - Middle School
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Geometry (Base List)
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