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rotate

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




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As winds rotate in a clockwise direction around high pressure, this will result in a northerly airflow pushing across the UK.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

And because the cars can rotate 360 degrees, Universal can in theory direct rider yells away from the studio below and the neighborhood nearby.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The new process helps the cube rotate more smoothly—and keeps the price under $10.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

When his team tried to rotate out after its two-week mission, they were denied permission.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Their days off rotate during the week, and when they don’t go to work, they sleep late.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Traditionally, the UN's top job rotates between different regions.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

It’s about the fact that the Lotus’s polar axis runs exactly through the driver’s inboard hip, so that the machine rotates around them and not some invisible pivot point, just off-center.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

When the market rotates, everything you own falls at once.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

For instance, G 203-47's red dwarf rotates once every 100 or so days, but orbits its white dwarf every 14.9 days, meaning they are not tidally synced.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

“Every two years, someone comes up with an experiment in which he rotates a magnet or something and expects to get the effect he wanted, but he doesn’t and can’t understand why,” he told Lawrence.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Buyer demand dried up and institutional capital rotated to AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Researchers have developed a way to make twisted oxide materials over much larger areas while maintaining precise control over how their layers are rotated.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

I rotated among brands to lessen the likelihood that these additives would heavily influence my results.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Tongue took one wicket in two matches and was expensive at Lord's, conceding 43 runs from five overs, while Mahmood took 2-52 in Cardiff but was rotated out for Tongue for the series finale.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The black bulb stayed perched exactly where it was, only now, the camera’s eye rotated to face me.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Combined Resolve is a semiannual exercise focused on large-scale ground combat operations, in which rotating U.S. forces use armored divisions supported by ground troops, helicopters, drones and other military assets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Many households on the Caribbean island have been split into two groups - with each having their water supply shut off for 48 hours on a rotating basis.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Basically, investors have continued rotating among different sectors and styles instead of exiting stocks altogether.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

He is now starting a new role as a rotating anchor on two of Fox’s local L.A. news stations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

I was expecting to discover just the radiation that Zeldovich and Starobinsky had predicted from rotating black holes.

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




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