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rotate

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




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"Our graduates rotate across four areas at six-month intervals, working directly alongside senior relationship managers to learn their trade," Northampton-based Pratt explains.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

An additional aircraft carrier strike group and Marine expeditionary unit are also poised to join an armada of roughly 20 other warships operating in the Middle East next month, although some ships could rotate out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

That could rotate plenty of borrowers into a more favorable “band” that gets them lower upfront fees and better borrowing rates.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

"When the fans rotate, the shadow falls on the water," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

I rotate it so the large bow now flops over her face.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The orbiter circles the Moon from pole to pole once every two hours as the Moon slowly rotates beneath it.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

“It’s when the connective tissues between the hoof and the coffin bone are compromised and the coffin bone rotates toward the sole of the hoof.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

AI bellwethers like Korean and Japanese semiconductor plays recoiled as traders rotated into consumer and internet plays listed in Hong Kong and China.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

In this case, the team examined how the brown dwarf's light changed as it rotated, looking for subtle variations that could reveal what was happening in its atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Previously, the awards rotated yearly between the big four broadcast networks—ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC—with the annual rights valued at approximately $9.5 million, according to the Television Academy’s most recent annual report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Theagreement replaces the "Wheel Deal" system, which rotated the gala among major networks like ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Billywig’s wings are attached to the top of its head and are rotated very fast so that it spins as it flies.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Each year the assignments differ according to the tastes and interests of its rotating faculty lineup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Investors are rotating out of these more risky investments into relative safety in Treasurys and defensive stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

This represents the first demonstration of a molecular motor that is driven by electrical current, firmly connected to two metal electrodes, and capable of rotating in a controllable direction.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The 42-year-old from Swansea said she was brought up to have "a rotating pantry" to give herself a safeguard for emergencies, including growing her own food and preserving it.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Before I know what’s happening, Luna is a bouncing, rotating blur, doing a sequence of cartwheels, roundoffs, backflips—who even knows what.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison


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