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rotate

[roh-teyt, roh-teyt] / ˈroʊ teɪt, roʊˈteɪt /




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A planet orbiting both stars experiences competing gravitational pulls, which cause its orbit to slowly rotate, or precess, much like a spinning top wobbling under gravity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

"With crude backing off, the pressure on inflation expectations and front-end yields eases at the margin, and that is enough to let capital rotate back toward risk, at least for now."

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

There was little that Ed Barnard, in his first match as Warwickshire captain, could do but rotate his array of seamers in the hope of inducing errors.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In that scenario, investors should rotate toward defensive stocks and companies with pricing power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

I would rotate their order, mixing and matching so that each day I had on a fresh combination.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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