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rotation

[roh-tey-shuhn] / roʊˈteɪ ʃən /




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Administration officials say the rotation was prescheduled, but the timing is hard to ignore.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

"I apparently don't do things by halves. Collapsed lung, chest drain and a very expensive lesson in rotation."

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

No gas station visits, no oil change, just tire rotation and a brake check.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The new findings support a longstanding theory that the rapid rotation of massive planets such as Saturn can become more important than the solar wind in shaping their magnetospheres.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

If the rotation is zero, the black hole is perfectly round and the solution is identical to the Schwarzschild solution.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

"We are talking about people who did not simply draw lines, but organized them according to recurring principles -- parallelisms, grids, rotations and systematic repetitions: a visual grammar in embryo."

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“While tech bubble builds can overcome such headwinds and uncertainty longer-term, shorter-term drawdowns and rotations into value are not unusual,” the strategists said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

By adding the two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, the Dodgers are poised to enter October in pursuit of a three-peat with one of the best pitching rotations in MLB history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

At their best, Maresca's sides use rotations of players within the 3-2-2-3.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

They were body rotations that made my legwork more complex, and just, overall, made the routine look cooler.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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