spinout

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noun

spin·out ˈspin-ˌau̇t

: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway

spin out

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verb

spun out; spinning out; spins out

intransitive verb

: to make a rotational skid in an automobile

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Noun

Flashback: Since the spinout from National Data Corp., Global Payments has regularly inked large deals. —

Lucinda Shen, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024 Eco Material Technologies, a company previously featured in this column, was formed when the MIT spinout Green Cement merged with the ash mining firm Boral Resources in a 2022 deal worth $755 million. —

Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

Verb

Power providers Constellation Energy and Vistra meanwhile saw their respective stock prices drop by more than 12% and about 3% — Constellation's worst day since it was spun out of Exelon in February 2022. —

Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 The vehicle's tires appear to then spin out, and shortly after, the Charger accelerates several feet forward and appears to run over more pedestrians. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spinout