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rotate

[roh-tayt, roh-tayt] / ˈroʊ teɪt, roʊˈteɪt /




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As investors rotate out of artificial-intelligence stocks, Berkshire Hathaway shares have risen 5% over the past month.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Then a quartet of Crimson players in diamond formation would rotate around him, ready to catch a deflection or take a lateral and speed into the end zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It is understood the make-up of the coaching staff is part of a plan to rotate the coaches – fielding coach Sarah Taylor and fast-bowling coach Tim Southee are also not going to Pakistan.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

When a weak magnetic field is applied, the polarization of those nuclear spins begins to rotate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Every now and then Celeste would glance over in my direction and rotate his panama hat in his hands.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The LRO, in service since 2009, circles the Moon from pole to pole every two hours while the Moon rotates underneath it.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Earth rotates much more slowly than a gas giant such as Saturn.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

SGX’s derivatives platform is deepening as a regional risk management venue as macroeconomic risks increase and capital rotates to Asia, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The sphere turns, the little wheel rotates, and, as seen from the Earth, Mars does its loop-the-loop.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

In this case, the team examined how the brown dwarf's light changed as it rotated, looking for subtle variations that could reveal what was happening in its atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

USA international Coffey, one of their most crucial midfielders, has featured in every game but has only played 90 minutes once as Jeglertz has rotated effectively.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Previously, the awards rotated yearly between the big four broadcast networks—ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC—with the annual rights valued at approximately $9.5 million, according to the Television Academy’s most recent annual report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Also returning is All-American quarterback Ava Van Heerde, who rotated with Meier last season to give opposing defenses fits attempting to solve their contrasting but equally effective styles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The people in the video rotated, but the message was a variation on the same theme: some friendly face was going to tell him that things were all right.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The team then evaluated the element wheel, a rotating mechanism equipped with filters and other optical components.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Back in July, when a powerful semiconductor-led momentum trade endured a major crash, investors rotating into other sectors away from the AI trade limited the damage at the index level.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

It was then, at the 20-over mark, captain Cummins reverted to Australia's tried and tested - Lyon one end, the quicks rotating at the other.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Poland is not a permanent G20 member but has been invited to the table this year as Washington holds the grouping's rotating presidency.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He showed that, provided a stationary rotating black hole had an axis of symmetry, like a spinning top, its size and shape would depend only on its mass and rate of rotation.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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