clockwise

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Turn the stop tap clockwise, turn off your heating, and open all your taps to quickly drain the system.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The typical group rotation pattern occurs in a clockwise fashion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

By changing the helicity, or twist, of the circularly polarized pulses, the team could stabilize either the clockwise or anti-clockwise arrangement of electric dipoles.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

On Day 1, you play it clockwise; on Day 2, counterclockwise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

He walked two steps to the right of the hole in a clockwise curve and thrust the shovel again into the cornfield.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young