as in rotating
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
the telescope is mounted on a tripod so you can easily pivot it for viewing in any direction
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Recent Examples of pivoting
Sensing a lucrative market, global industries are now pivoting toward the region.
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Trista Kurniawan, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Aleph Alpha was founded in 2019 to build large language models (LLMs) before pivoting to developing AI applications.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Here’s a category-by-category guide to pivoting your itinerary fast.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
By the time Ackerman left in 2005, The W had adapted and survived in part by pivoting away from that and finding success with franchises like the Connecticut Sun (2003).
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand that found its way onto the feet of tech CEOs and movie stars before falling on hard times, is pivoting to artificial intelligence.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Only a week before the Artemis II mission lifted off, when the crew was already in quarantine, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the space agency was pivoting away from a lunar space station to a surface base.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand that found its way onto the feet of tech CEOs and movie stars before falling on hard times, is pivoting to artificial intelligence.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Former Army pilot Eddie Hubbard then approached Boeing about pivoting to air mail with a route between Seattle and British Columbia, the first international airmail service in North America.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Trista Kurniawan, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Aleph Alpha was founded in 2019 to build large language models (LLMs) before pivoting to developing AI applications.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Here’s a category-by-category guide to pivoting your itinerary fast.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
By the time Ackerman left in 2005, The W had adapted and survived in part by pivoting away from that and finding success with franchises like the Connecticut Sun (2003).
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand that found its way onto the feet of tech CEOs and movie stars before falling on hard times, is pivoting to artificial intelligence.
—Anne D’innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Only a week before the Artemis II mission lifted off, when the crew was already in quarantine, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the space agency was pivoting away from a lunar space station to a surface base.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026
Allbirds, the eco-friendly shoe brand that found its way onto the feet of tech CEOs and movie stars before falling on hard times, is pivoting to artificial intelligence.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Former Army pilot Eddie Hubbard then approached Boeing about pivoting to air mail with a route between Seattle and British Columbia, the first international airmail service in North America.
—John Pacenti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pivoting
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Astrobotic put its Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) through its paces for the first time.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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The show, which films at Joe Rogan’s Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas, combines stand-up, improv and the classic comedy roast, with Hinchcliffe and a rotating slate of guest judge comedians roasting wannabe stand-ups seeking a minute to launch their act.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Wednesday’s game, in particular, ended in extremely bizarre fashion with Xavier Edwards turning an unusual unassisted double play with the bases loaded and Freddie Freeman at the plate.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Gravity-defying hairstyles The eye-catching work of Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is turning heads and inspiring African women to embrace their natural hair.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Footage from the scene shows the group obeying police instructions when a plain clothes officer grabbed Salman’s hand, twisting it and causing a fracture in her wrist.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Talk to more than a dozen people at varying levels of involvement with the movie’s long and twisting journey to the screen, however, and a kind of dual narrative emerges.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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Aaron Gordon sat at his locker twirling the tape from his finger, unable to wrap his head around a stunning 119-114 defeat.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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But as soon as one flagellar motor reverses direction and starts rotating clockwise, the bundle falls apart; the reverse-twirling filament unravels the braid and puts the cell’s flagellar motors at cross-purposes, kicking the cell around.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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Off the coast of Rhode IslandAP — Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region.—
Jennifer McDermott,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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Booth, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Oswald must all be spinning in their graves!—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Pivoting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pivoting. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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