clockwise
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Moving clockwise from the lower right, our eye takes in the ducks, the cattle, the human trio, the driver, the hayricks and the harvesters.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"If you could look at the galaxy from above, the overall magnetic field is going clockwise," says Brown.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
If you do have a burst pipe, you can turn the stop tap clockwise to stop the water.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
The typical group rotation pattern occurs in a clockwise fashion.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
The prisoners trudge clockwise around the prison yard, marching single file on the worn path, their gray prison smocks billowing like the wings of birds.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Vocabulary lists containing clockwise
Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - Middle School
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Geometry (Base List)
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