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rotation

[roh-tay-shuhn] / roʊˈteɪ ʃən /




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The rotation into long-dated Treasury ETFs is more than five standard deviations away from its historical average, illustrating just how extreme this shift is relative to normal activity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Their rotation led the major leagues with a 3.30 ERA, despite Fried, longtime ace Gerrit Cole and star lefty Carlos Rodón all missing time with injuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

At the dawn of the new millennium, music critics prophesied that five young men living in New York City would cast the false gods of nu metal, rap-rock and boy bands out of heavy rotation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“This time indeed, a year-end rally and renewed rotation into Europe likely require lower/stable oil prices, which is anyone’s guess.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Politics on occasion crept into the dialogue, much like an exotic plant growing amid descriptions of vetch as the ideal rotation crop.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

It was hard for her to stomach the fact that had things not collapsed in Afghanistan, she would have been four semesters from completing medical school and beginning her practical rotations at a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

There is a shared understanding at Bayern of an approach that allows team-mates to make sense of rotations that, to the naked eye, appear random.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Because the telescope observes from space, it can capture sharper images across complete rotations of Saturn without the blurring caused by Earth's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

The JPMorgan playbook is slightly different, expressed through sector and style rotations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

I’d completed two or three rotations when, suddenly, my grip slipped a little and I started toppling to one side.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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