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pivot

[piv-uht] / ˈpɪv ət /




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If this happens, it would mark a substantial pivot from how American forces have operated in the region post-9/11.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

PublicSquare said it had laid off 41% of its workforce as part of a restructuring tied to its pivot toward operating as a financial technology company.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

He later put pen to paper to explain the company's ill-fated pivot to the metaverse in 2021.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Cisco’s artificial-intelligence pivot is driving impressive growth, but even a blockbuster fourth quarter wasn’t enough to satisfy Wall Street on Wednesday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

And I was sure things were not going to pivot my way.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Nonfarm payrolls data for July will be watched especially closely for clues to the Federal Reserve’s rate plotting path, as Chairman Kevin Warsh pivots the Fed away from providing forward guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

At the center of the Kim sisters’ career pivots was a love of hospitality and Korean culture.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Xbox leadership has insisted the "painful" cuts across its sprawling network of studios are necessary to equip it for future success, as it pivots focus to its biggest blockbuster titles.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

If it proves to be true, it’s bad news for so-called neoclouds that are also in the business of selling AI computing power as Meta pivots from a major customer to a potential rival.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

He pivots and grins at me like we’re on an epic adventure.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Costa pivoted from posting videos of himself playing “Call of Duty” to making content about men’s fashion and hair care in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

After getting fired, Eatherly pivoted, creating his own remodeling business, named after his initials, DLE Contracting.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Fox’s coverage pivoted from hard fouls to trans panic, Clark got dragged into a fight she has spent three years trying to avoid and Cunningham’s follower count exploded.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger were eyeing an NBA expansion team bid in Las Vegas but pivoted to buying the Lakers from Mark Walter, who bought a controlling interest in the team last year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

He pivoted to the desk and touched the document called “The Snow White Project.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

That investment and others in the AI and tech sectors have paid off handsomely, but pivoting to a legacy NBA team with a locked-in elevated financial floor could be prudent.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

They began life as civilians with interviews about their relationship with the royals before pivoting to new fields of interest, including media production and lifestyle, which now appears to Meghan's focus.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

This, it was concluded, was most likely caused by the repetitive backward and forward movement of an unsupported infant's head pivoting on the neck.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Now, the country is pivoting toward yet another workaround, this time looking north to the Mediterranean Sea to export its crude.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Slowly, at first, pivoting on the balls of his feet, his felt shoes made a metallic clack on the stone floor—an unfamiliar sound to me.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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