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rotation

[roh-tey-shuhn] / roʊˈteɪ ʃən /




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A third Marine Expeditionary Unit is preparing to deploy to the region this fall, a U.S. official said, signaling a continuing rotation of the amphibious units that operate from a group of warships.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Roberts doesn’t yet know whether Sasaki will take a spot in the bullpen or rotation upon his return.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The Truman on the same deployment careened into a civilian ship, generating another report, which mentions issues such as ship watch standers “in a two-section rotation with only 60% manning, leading to excessive fatigue.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

On March 1, 1994, a contingent of 450 UN peacekeepers is deployed to the enclave where the rotation of UN soldiers had previously been held up.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

And when the class rotation put photo at the end of the day, Aileen and I usually ran off together somewhere so it was just the two of us.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

The JPMorgan playbook is slightly different, expressed through sector and style rotations.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Navy aims for six- or seven-month rotations for carriers, but deployments regularly run nine months.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

"We are talking about people who did not simply draw lines, but organized them according to recurring principles -- parallelisms, grids, rotations and systematic repetitions: a visual grammar in embryo."

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“Anything that has survived the rotations will get highlighted.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

And in this past day, Christmas Eve, while the clock made two complete rotations of its own, I watched over three tiny creatures whose lungs struggled like the flat, useless wings of butterflies prematurely emerged.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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