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as in to rotate
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side
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as in to spin
to move in circles around an axis or center
the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars
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as in to contemplate
to give serious and careful thought to
for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it
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Recent Examples of revolve
Your credit score, revolving credit card balances, payment history and overall debt load are not factors Medicare uses when determining your eligibility.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 9 June 2026
In most realistic cases, however, borrowers are trapped in prolonged repayment cycles, where borrowers continually carry a revolving credit balance from month to month while making only partial or minimum payments.
—Ali Besharat, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
But the movie revolves, of course, around the guys planning and executing their labyrinthine heist.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
The Oswego Village Board recently approved a revolving loan and grant for a new pizzeria planned downtown.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 9 June 2026
In most realistic cases, however, borrowers are trapped in prolonged repayment cycles, where borrowers continually carry a revolving credit balance from month to month while making only partial or minimum payments.
—Ali Besharat, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
But the movie revolves, of course, around the guys planning and executing their labyrinthine heist.
—Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
The Oswego Village Board recently approved a revolving loan and grant for a new pizzeria planned downtown.
—Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026
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Another round of storms will develop near an advancing cold front in the afternoon across northeast Kansas, southern Iowa, and northern Missouri, possibly starting as supercells — large rotating thunderstorms — with very large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes, the weather service said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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The dinner costs $70, and the menu rotates regularly.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
12 June 2026
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Researchers said charge redistribution, orbital hybridization and spin modulation at the interface helped optimize the catalyst’s behavior during oxygen reduction.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Alchemist Kitchen spins food business gold Several of the businesses identified are graduates of the Alchemist Microenterprise Academy (AMA), a 12-week business training course that teaches the basics of starting a food business.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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For most high schoolers, the summer between sophomore and junior years means looking ahead to the ACT and, reflecting on the halfway point, starting to more seriously contemplate what the future has in store.—
Jim Dudlicek,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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The antitrust hurdle cleared by Paramount comes as state attorneys general in California, New York and almost a dozen other states are contemplating an antitrust suit to put the brakes on what would become a mega-studio.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
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Kelce, who will turn 37 years old in the middle of the season, is looking to rebound from a bit of a down season.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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The Knicks used their experience and moxie to hold off the exuberant young Spurs’ early game runs, eventually turning the screws in the second and third quarters to build solid leads.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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That’s in addition to problems like data drift, bias in training data, black swan events, and other things that the panelists touched on in pondering the challenges of instituting these systems in a highly regulated industry.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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And ponder permits for multifamily units, primarily housing in apartment complexes.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
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From this perspective, the pendulum has fully swung from being near resistance and overbought to being near support and oversold.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Once the board was attached, the contestant swung the board around by, yep, the spike in his nose.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
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The Mexican national team will kick off the 2026 World Cup against South Africa on Thursday with the weight of entertaining 83,000 at iconic Azteca Stadium and soccer fans around the globe.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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To start things off, let’s entertain a thought experiment.—
Stefan Szymanski,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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Rather than wringing and twisting it to remove the excess water, roll it up in a clean, dry towel and gently squeeze out the water.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
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From twisting a bright pink kerchief into a one-shoulder top to slinging another across her hips to create a slit up-to-there skirt, Li found pleasure in the trial-and-error process.—
Diana Tsui,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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“Revolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolve. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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