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as in heavyweight
one of high position or importance within a group
she's a major wheel in that state's Democratic Party
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as in cycle
a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order
the wheel of time turns: the children are now the parents, and their children have taken their place at the school desks
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as in car
wheels plural, slang
a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels
now that I've got wheels, I can go to the outlet mall
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as in to swing
to change the course or direction of (something)
wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off
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as in to spin
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced
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as in to rotate
to move in circles around an axis or center
she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down
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as in to curve
to turn away from a straight line or course
the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city
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Recent Examples of wheel
Sean Gentille, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Ask for a table on the terrace to dine alongside stunning views of the Dubai Marina skyline and Ain Dubai, the world’s tallest observation wheel, which stands beautifully illuminated under the night sky.
—Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Videos that one outlet said were shot by a person in Ruili showed building debris littering a street and a person being wheeled in a stretcher toward an ambulance.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The wheels had begun to wobble for him a bit two months prior.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Ask for a table on the terrace to dine alongside stunning views of the Dubai Marina skyline and Ain Dubai, the world’s tallest observation wheel, which stands beautifully illuminated under the night sky.
—Natasha Amar, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
Together, Antonia and Andrea hoisted their son—too tall to be carried, too weak to stand—into his desk chair, wheeled him into the apartment’s elevator, and loaded him into the car.
—Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Videos that one outlet said were shot by a person in Ruili showed building debris littering a street and a person being wheeled in a stretcher toward an ambulance.
—Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheel
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At times Sunday night, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was reduced to playing 6-foot-5 Haywood Highsmith in his power rotation, with Highsmith going a surprising 39:37.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2025
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This earned a permanent spot in my body scrub rotation.—
Audrey Noble,
Glamour,
21 Apr. 2025
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This cycle suggests the solar wind continuously replenishes small amounts of water on the moon's surface, according to the new study.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Congestion, nasal swelling, and airway constriction increase with sleep but can also disrupt sleep, leading to a vicious cycle of broken sleep as breathing is interrupted.—
Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN,
Verywell Health,
25 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors alleged Read hit O'Keefe with her car and left him outside the home of a fellow Boston police officer after the couple got into an argument.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Prep Your Vehicle Make sure your car is road-trip ready.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The second player swings the ball across the top of the key to the second side.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
18 Apr. 2025
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The former mayor of Salzburg gave the project the go-head in 2024, but now a governmental skirmish has begun after the mayoral office swung from the political right to the left after an election.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
18 Apr. 2025
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Less than two months later, the Warriors then spun Schröder to the Pistons in the multi-team trade that sent Jimmy Butler to the Bay Area.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Although deGrom gave up just one run over seven strong innings, Yamamoto spun seven scoreless innings at Globe Life Field.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Stop in for handcrafted cocktails, beer, and wine in the company of live music and rotating art installations.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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Wilcke: While the quarterbacks rotated early and often, Loftis and Harrell looked to be in a 1A-1B role, while Wilcke worked with the second team.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2025
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Concave tiles, which curve inward, and convex tiles, which curve outward, are installed at different levels along the seawall.—
Sara Pezeshk,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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After completing Slither Housing in 2000, an angular yet gently curved 105-unit apartment building in Japan’s Gifu prefecture, the husband-and-wife team increasingly turned its attentions to cultural architecture.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Francis’ Death Silences a Voice for the Voiceless As democratic values and alliances were being turned upside down, the pope was a consistent moral guidepost.—
Helene Cooper Jason Horowitz Claire Brown Maureen Cavanagh,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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What was supposed to be a revenge tour has turned into a stumble out of the gate.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheel. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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