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rotate

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




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It is tradition that the UN's top job should rotate between different regions.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The suit used braces to support the legs, motors to help rotate joints, weight and motion sensors and a battery pack.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The agency, based between New York and Los Angeles, often serves clients who rotate across their five to 10 homes, with full staff at each property.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

This slight misalignment creates forces that cause the sprinkler to rotate in the reverse direction.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

I would rotate their order, mixing and matching so that each day I had on a fresh combination.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

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

When I tell her that we have a pretend room complete with Semper Fi bunk beds, she rotates in her shell.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

It also briefly emerged last fall, as investors rotated away from tech and into stocks that had been lagging behind.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

At the IRS, which has rotated through a half-dozen leaders during the Trump administration, Bisignano is also tasked with enforcing the tax law with a smaller staff.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

They recorded how the sprinklers rotated, observed the water moving both inside and outside the devices, and measured the torque or twisting force produced when the sprinklers were prevented from turning.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

I felt a hard piece of lead, the size of a marble, swim inside Papá’s knee as he rotated his leg.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Health AI needs its own crash test: a rotating set of real clinical cases, kept confidential, presented to any AI that Americans consult for medical advice.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Gianni: At 1% owned Rushworth is worth a look if you're going with two cheap rotating goalkeepers.

From BBC Aug. 14, 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

With slow, deliberate strokes, he began running his thumb over the crystal’s faces, once across each plane before rotating it and beginning again.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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