revolved

verb

past tense of revolve
1
as in rotated
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side

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2
as in spun
to move in circles around an axis or center the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars

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3
as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it

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Recent Examples of revolved Still, most gravitate toward the main pool, where the Delano's social scene has revolved for decades. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026 Amid the bigger picture — of which there are many at the moment — Keshad Johnson stands as a reminder that this also is a time of year when the NBA’s small stuff has to be revolved. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026 Mark had hired a photographer and revolved the engagement around a special place close to both his and Jess' hearts, so postponing the proposal wouldn't do anyone any favors. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026 Leonard Cohen had a house there, one of 100 in the world that revolved on a motor. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 This year, Rolex is celebrating 100 years of the Oyster, the watch—or watch case, to be more precise—that quietly remains the hub around which the brand’s line-up has revolved for a full century. — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026 While Orbán’s campaign this year revolved mostly around foreign policy and his relations with world leaders, Magyar’s was rigidly focused on domestic issues, such as the economy and corruption. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley will return as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, the respective super-powered actor and ex-terrorist-thespian around which the show revolved. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026 City records going back to 2017, released to The Bee, in August show Karl Lysinger’s problems with the city revolved initially around his refusal to buy its water. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolved
  1. rotated
  2. spun
  3. pondered
  4. turned
  5. debated
  6. swung
  7. contemplated
  8. twirled
Verb
  • Still, that decline was exacerbated by its trading near all-time highs ahead of the earnings release, as some market participants had rotated into it to avoid the AI capex drag on other big tech companies.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • With Brown and Doubs limited, the Patriots rotated several receivers alongside Drake Maye, including Kyle Williams who saw one of his earliest targets down the middle but couldn’t make the catch amid light contact from Dell Pettus.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of rotated
Verb
  • Naima was a Muslim convert who likely spun Coltrane’s compass toward non-Western cultures.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • And the autoscaler, doing exactly what it was told, spun up more GPUs to handle it.
    — Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of spun
Verb
  • In a July 2025 text chain, an agent pondered whether facial recognition tools could be used to identify people on TikTok who admitted to being in the country illegally.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • In a July interview with Rolling Stone, Foreman pondered why his story went viral.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026
Definition of pondered
Verb
  • For two decades she's turned the science of human behavior into practical tools that help people communicate with confidence.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Cyber incidents have turned loss-of-control language into operational risk.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned
Verb
  • The merits of this argument can be debated—and will be debated by one of the task forces that Warsh has appointed to review how the Fed operates.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Casinos' impact on tribal health has been debated in research for decades.
    — Andrew Jones, NPR, 30 July 2026
Definition of debated
Verb
  • Out in the clean air, this pointer swung away from the compass to aim at the plume’s edge, several seconds before the fly physically turned to head back.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • It’s swung as low as $72 early this month and as high as $102 last week on uncertainty about whether the United States and Iran could reach a deal to allow oil tankers to move freely again from the Middle East to customers worldwide.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of swung
Verb
  • But the revolt imperiled Infantino, as Europe contemplated replacing him with Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a hugely influential figure in European club soccer.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 July 2026
  • Then, as Bowman contemplated his future throughout the season, vacillating between retiring at the end of this season or next, the notion that Zilisch could replace him picked up steady traction through the summer.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of contemplated
Verb
  • Humanoids marched, backflipped, and twirled nunchucks; robotic pandas gambolled.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Sitting in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today, Anthony Fauci twirled his pen.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Definition of twirled

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