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spinning

[spin-ing] / ˈspɪn ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

operating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

performing running

STRONG

accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding

WEAK

at work

ADJECTIVE

revolving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

orbiting swirling whirling

STRONG

circling circulating encircling gyrating pirouetting reeling rolling turning twirling

ADJECTIVE

rotary

Synonyms

STRONG

whirligig whirling

WEAK

encircling gyral gyratory revolving rotating rotational rotatory vertiginous vorticular

ADJECTIVE

vertiginous

Synonyms

WEAK

dizzy giddy revolving rotating turning unstable whirling

ADJECTIVE

whirling

Synonyms

WEAK

gyral gyratory vertiginous vorticose

ADJECTIVE

whirling

Synonyms

STRONGEST

revolving rotating

STRONG

turning

WEAK

vertiginous

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FedEx is spinning off its freight business on June 1, aiming to unlock value; the unit expects $8.7 billion in 2026 sales.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

While spinning the decks during the performance, Kesha told the crowds: “I’m moving to San Francisco.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Hamilton's team-mate Leclerc took fourth after a subdued weekend, and a race in which he had a massive moment out of the final chicane but managed to hold the car without spinning.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

In a 2008 race, Earnhardt held a lead when a late pass attempt from Busch sent him spinning and crashing into a wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

I stopped my spinning and stared at her.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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