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gyrate

verb

Definition of gyrate

as in to rotate

to move in circles around an axis or center the gyroscope got its name for the way the disk inside the instrument gyrates around an axis

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Recent Examples of gyrate In addition to the style of dance in all its gyrating glory, krump has its own genre of music, which lands somewhere between hip-hop, techno and heavy metal, and a style of dress that is in tune with hip-hop street style sprinkled with a touch of the Juggalo culture. — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026 SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg Not since the darkest days of 1997 have South Korean markets gyrated like a seismometer detecting a big one. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The stock market has gyrated for weeks amid uncertainty over the war in the Middle East, which has strangled the global flow of oil and liquified natural gas, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively shut to oil tankers. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 At the Canva Creative Cabana Pride on the Croisette party on the beach, the night started with a parade of European drag queens onstage gyrating to pop songs from Katy Perry and Rihanna. — Marc Malkin, Variety, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gyrate

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The weekly series along the New River also includes live music, a farmers and craft market with a rotating lineup of local businesses and artisans, as well as gourmet food vendors.

— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Deschamps has rotated between Lucas Digne and Théo Hernandez in that position with both players much more effective going forward than covering the space behind them.

— Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of rotate

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The innovation used a revolving cylinder and a reversible wringer to separate and clean clothing.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
For those carrying tens of thousands of dollars in revolving debt, those interest charges can make the repayment process feel like a moving target.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Definition of revolve

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Codex can be helpful for a wide range of tasks like generating spreadsheets for monthly reports, using a call transcript to prepare a brief and log it into Salesforce or spinning up six different types of content from one piece of text.

— Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
There is surely some retroactive continuity here, the writer going back in time to spin an origin story about the idea that would become the center of her spiritual writing.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

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