Thesaurus results for ROTATING

rotating

verb

present participle of rotate

as in spinning

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 revolving

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 rotating Bake, rotating the pan after 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 There were bouncers rotating at the door … the tired, the sick, the hungry, the famous and tons of ex-boyfriends [showed up], all regretting their wrongs. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026 The storms could first develop as supercells, which are powerful thunderstorms with rotating updrafts, before growing into a line. — Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026 It’s located in the Copper Queen Hotel and Casino, with a rotating menu based on seasonality. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 Disposability goes deeper than rotating through new furniture, clothing, electronics and household products. — Janet Linly, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The design draws on Tibetan prayer wheels, where rotating the outer band is associated with serenity. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026 Archimedes’ screw Traditionally associated with Archimedes and dated to around the third century BCE, this machine moves water through a rotating helical surface enclosed inside a cylinder. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2026 Flavor choices abound, with a rotating selection of more than 40. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Hubble’s images reveal an intricate web of gas and dust spreading outward from the explosion’s center, where a rapidly spinning neutron star remains.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
In his 12 seasons at Penn State, James Franklin went 4-21 against top-10 opponents and 1-18 against the best in the Big Ten, spinning the Lions and their fans through the same laundry cycle every year.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of spinning

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The annual event — which unfurls similarly to Last Waltz with its ensemble revolving cast of blues, Americana, country, and rock musicians — initially began as a 70th-birthday celebration of Gregg Allman.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
And while inflation has cooled from some of its recent highs, Americans are still paying elevated prices for everyday necessities, leaving less room in the budgets to make meaningful progress on expensive revolving debt.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolving

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Hopefully all of the drifting is turning the wheels in his brain for ideas for the next great theme park attraction.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Researchers developed the flexible material from cotton pulp cellulose, turning an abundant renewable material into an electrically conductive hydrogel.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of turning

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On bars – her weakest event – Jade Carey fought through a late pirouette to nearly nail her full-twisting double layout dismount.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Like Dante, Nick Tosches was an undaunted character whose tongue-twisting prose was an iconoclastic mash-up of realism and intricate, erudite lyricism.

— A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of twisting

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Without an arrest, swirling suspicions were having their own corrosive effects on Incline Village, resident Michelle Pettibone said.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026
This is called a Balmer break, which generally indicates dense, photon-absorbing gas swirling in the atmospheres of ancient stars.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of swirling

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ElliQ resembles a small lamp with a swiveling head that moves on its own beside a touch screen.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
And with no disrespect to the Signature motorhome and its 2-in-1 hybrid bathroom and swiveling front lounge, the sliding bathroom of the Habiton camper van was arguably the pièce de résistance of that multi-vehicle effort.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026

Definition of swiveling

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