as in to rotate
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
the cat swiveled one ear to listen to a sound outside swiveled around in his office chair
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Recent Examples of swivel
Bernardo Silva put his hands on his head and swivelled in the same direction in disbelief.
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Elias Burke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
With its distinctive winglets and sleek exterior lines, the interior cabin—measuring 17.8 feet in length and 4.8 feet in height—showcases two-toned executive leather seats that articulate and swivel, as well as in-cabin, speaker-less audio.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
Leo Etienne swivels back and forth in his chair behind a faux wooden desk in a cramped office.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Judge Wiley swivelled in his leather chair toward the sixteen jurors seated in his jury box.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Elias Burke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
With its distinctive winglets and sleek exterior lines, the interior cabin—measuring 17.8 feet in length and 4.8 feet in height—showcases two-toned executive leather seats that articulate and swivel, as well as in-cabin, speaker-less audio.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
Leo Etienne swivels back and forth in his chair behind a faux wooden desk in a cramped office.
—Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Judge Wiley swivelled in his leather chair toward the sixteen jurors seated in his jury box.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swivel
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Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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My encounters with dancing baseball players and rotating snow brooms were not grist for the mill of public discussion; this experience was unique to me.—
Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2025
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James Nolan of FanSided recently predicted the Mets would swing a blockbuster trade for San Diego Padres ace Dylan Cease after whiffing on Roki Sasaki.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Bitcoin has swung wildly after robust U.S. jobs data sapped expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and sent stock markets spiraling.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Thanks to pandemic and production delays, however, training turned into a long, grueling process.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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And then that’s turned into a working animatronic suit that is so insane.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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Because Mercury spins on an axis with a miniscule tilt of just 0.01 degrees—almost perpendicular to its plane of orbit around the sun—the rims of all four of these polar craters cast permanent shadows within their depths.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
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DeRozan drove to the middle of the lane and spun to the same left side of the key.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Jan. 2025
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Joao Pedro twisted an ankle in training on Wednesday, ruling him out of the cup tie and possibly longer depending on the results of a scan.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Yet the increasingly normalized and casual use of the slur in the digital public square is so far removed from this framework of basic empathy, and from the euphemistic origins of the expression — a clinical term twisted for the purposes of disparagement — that the appeal to decency doesn’t apply.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
3 Jan. 2025
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Today’s political heavy hitters are just as likely to twirl tagliatelle at Officina or spoon paella at Spanish showstopper Del Mar in the trendy Wharf district.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Dec. 2024
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The event is set to pivot in several key ways, including its conclusion on Saturday, rather than on a Sunday, when many international attendees typically depart early for their home countries.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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It had been decided a fortnight earlier — the evening after the 2-1 win against Leicester City — that the thinking on him would pivot from a loan to a permanent move away.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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In early January and up until last week, reports swirled in Colombia that Fuad Char, 87, a successful entrepreneur, former politician, and principal owner of Junior, was negotiating with Rodriguez.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Swift and 35-year-old Kelce's relationship has captured the public's attention since rumors of their romance began swirling in the fall of 2023.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Swivel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swivel. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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