spinout

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noun

spin·​out ˈspin-ˌau̇t How to pronounce spinout (audio)
: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway

spin out

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verb

spun out; spinning out; spins out

intransitive verb

: to make a rotational skid in an automobile

Examples of spinout in a Sentence

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Noun
The DeepMind employees who had been working on Isomorphic didn’t all stay after the spinout. Hayden Field, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025 Zoom out: This comes shortly after Intel Capital, one of the oldest corporate venture groups, announced spinout plans. Lucinda Shen, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
At the the split, most of Studios will be spun out to current Lionsgate shareholders except for the roughly 13% owned by the SPAC investors. Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025 Video game publication GamesBeat has spun out from technology site VentureBeat into a separate, independent entity, Variety has learned. Kaare Eriksen, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spinout

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1955, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spinout was in 1951

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“Spinout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinout. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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