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as in to turn
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis rotate the mirror 180 degrees

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as in to revolve
to move in circles around an axis or center with mirrors on three sides, she rotated all around to see how the dress looked on her

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Recent Examples of rotate Both time slots require prepaid reservations, which, day or night, start at $37 and include unlimited access to the only thing on the menu, a rotating selection of three custom tea blends by Shiloh’s herbalists. Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025 Bake for 30 minutes, then turn the heat to 375°F, rotate the pie, and continue baking until the filling is bubbling and the crust is deep golden brown, about 45 minutes more. Ellen Gray, Saveur, 15 May 2025 When baking in a skillet, rotate the pan a quarter turn every 10 minutes. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 May 2025 Tracks haven’t rotated in and out of the calendar since Hockenheim and the Nurburgring shared hosting duties for the German Grand Prix between 2008 and 2014. Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rotate
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  • At Christian Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri worked to turn a legacy house into a home.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 29 May 2025
  • On those to-go cups, customers often have to put their hands on several cups to turn them over to find their name.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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  • The best way to pay off debt The best move for those struggling to pay down revolving credit card debt is to consolidate with a 0% balance transfer card, experts suggest.
    Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The filing also details various financial agreements, including a revolving credit agreement entered on May 1, 2024, with a maturity date of May 1, 2029.
    Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • Cars speed past honking their horns, some twirling PSG flags and scarves from their windows, while youngsters in small groups nimbly dart and weave their way through the crowds on bicycles.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Movies have long cherished the contrast between a ballerina’s delicacy and lithe visuals with the gritty determination required to leap, dance and twirl in the highly unnatural way that is dancing on your toes.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 31 May 2025
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  • The break-up between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is the battle that everyone saw coming, spinning into a tweetstorm of insults, unwanted revelations and surprising outbursts.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Traditional pulsars are spinning neutron stars that emit beams of radiation, and the new study suggests a black hole could briefly mimic this behavior while consuming a neutron star.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
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  • The president's team has now swung the pendulum in the opposite direction from five years ago, even attempting to rescind findings of constitutional violations in the cities where Floyd and Taylor lost their lives.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • The momentum swung again on the next hole when Griffin saved par from behind a tree in the fairway and Schmid curiously aimed away from the hole with his ball plugged in a bunker, ended up in the rough and made bogey.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 May 2025
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  • The battery is mounted to the body and then twisted – one notch to engage a child lock and ensure your youngster doesn't accidentally engage the powerful cutting machine, and another twist to engage battery power.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 June 2025
  • Maeve is absolutely pulling the strings and twisting this family at every turn.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 June 2025
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  • And then, just like the wartime industries of L.A., the peacetime ports swiveled to more commercial operations.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
  • The 11-second video swivels the viewer through a house, past a tiny man in a suit, and into a bathroom, where a man's menacing head launches out from the drain of the toilet and vamps for the implied camera.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 May 2025
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  • However, most small business owners—even those without wildness swirling around them—eventually hit this wall.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Read more: Insider Reveals Lakers Could Move Key Piece in Offseason Trade While the rumors have been swirling, trading Reaves would be a very difficult decision.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025

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“Rotate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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