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rotate

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




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Decisions to rotate goalkeepers and limit minutes for certain players, including Josh Acheampong, who often features briefly from the bench, have caused some discontent.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

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

The war led the market to question what happens when Brent-linked barrels can’t physically move, Germini added — and the answer is that “buyers rotate fast toward benchmarks and grades that can move.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 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

The image is a 3-D capture, one that I can rotate from its point of origin.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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