rotary
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Neither did Mazda abandon conventional switches, rotary knobs and paddles even as other companies were converting to capacitive and haptic controls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Regardless, the desire to be “the Mary” is natural to anyone raised on “Mary Tyler Moore,” which describes pretty much anybody who remembers rotary dial phones or Nick at Nite.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
It’s like having the world’s largest collection of rotary phones while the other guy’s building cell towers.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025
I have certainly observed, in my own children, the younger generation’s infatuation with products that became obsolete just as they were born: the rotary dial phone, the disposable camera, the network sitcom.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025
General Peckem rose and moved toward a rotary rack of enormous colored maps.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing rotary
"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 1
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