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dizzy from the spirally gyrations of the roller coaster
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The authors ultimately identified two distinct forms of equilibrium that enable steady-state hula hooping: a synchronization process causing the hoop to twirl at the same frequency as the gyration motion, directing its center outward, and the hoop's vertical positioning.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
There is no reason to goose the process with crazy gyrations and pleading conversations with officials.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
Applications to refinance a home loan, which are most sensitive to interest rate gyrations, fell 36% from two weeks before.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Empirical reality does not dictate the hallucinatory swirl of color or gyration of form in works that appear derived instead from celestial inspiration or interior visions.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
There is no reason to goose the process with crazy gyrations and pleading conversations with officials.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
Applications to refinance a home loan, which are most sensitive to interest rate gyrations, fell 36% from two weeks before.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Empirical reality does not dictate the hallucinatory swirl of color or gyration of form in works that appear derived instead from celestial inspiration or interior visions.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Gyration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyration. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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gyration
noun
gy·ra·tion
jī-ˈrā-shən 
: the pattern of convolutions of the brain
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