How to Use pivot in a Sentence

pivot

1 of 3 noun

• Like the front end, all bushings and pivots are polyurethane, and the shocks are Konis.
  — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
• Have a handful of pivots prepared, and go to them again and again.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Grief is one of life’s greatest and most painful pivots.
  — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• The group’s share price has risen more than 18% since the company began its pivot back to oil in June.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
• From there came a pivot to Kennedy White House vibes, with sailing, swimsuits, and the great outdoors.
  — Jamie Bryan, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
• The most basic type, sometimes called a chop saw, swings straight down on a single pivot point.
  — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• How to: Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, knees bent, and pivot so toes point to left side.
  — Megan Falk, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• But the 6-foot, 182-pound pivot has the potential to be an impact pro thanks to his craftiness with the puck and hockey IQ.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• Disco Queen In 1980, Ross made the pivot, like so many other artists, to embrace the disco era.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
• Across much of the High Plains, the landscape is dominated by these pivots.
  — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• The old clamp hands had a single pivot at the palm and seemed to just apply the maximum grip strength to anything the robot picked up.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• Over the headboard there were two good reading lamps mounted on pivots.
  — Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• Some discuss making a pivot to take-out, and selling groceries to try and hang on.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
• So, in an exciting pivot, right now and so many doors have opened from just one pivot.
  — Essence Wiley, Essence, 10 July 2023
• After stinging defeats in the Kharkiv region and Kherson in the fall of 2022, Russia seemed to pivot.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• Over the past few years, many people have made pandemic pivots.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2023
• The soles are designed well for my forward sprints and quick lateral pivots.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 26 June 2023
• The dominant Swedish pivot has everything the Blue Jackets want and more.
  — Kyle Woodlief, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
• There's a pivot behind-the-scenes, too: Wan steps down as director, and his Saw co-creator, Whannell, steps in.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 7 July 2023
• Officials haven’t given a clear sense of when that will happen, though some Fed watchers think the pivot could come this spring.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• Loewenstein wouldn’t go as far as saying the latest pivot was a Hail Mary pass, but the startup needs a completion.
  — WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
• The key, of course, is that Xi makes a dramatic pivot toward doing things in a more forward-looking way.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• This isn’t the first time that Church has used his fan club to announce unexpected career pivots.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
• Congress has a stubborn habit of last-minute, evening votes and dramatic pivots in schedule and plans.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 July 2023
• There’s something old-fashioned about his comic style, a ba-da-bump in his cadence, a touch of vaudeville in his pivots.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• At least back then, the medical industry had yet to make the pivot to electronic records.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
• The Fed began a pivot before delaying rate cuts until later in the year.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 6 Feb. 2024
• Slowly sit back down, maintain 90-90 shape with both legs, and pivot to repeat on the opposite side, lifting hips at the end.
  — Alyssa Sparacino, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2023
• Finally, De Bethune’s floating lugs pivot from the mid case, making this one of the most comfortable large watches ever designed.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
• Our tester especially loved the herringbone design on the soles which helped grip the court while still allowing for pivots and other intentional sliding.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024

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pivot

2 of 3 adjective

• This wheel then forms a pivot point for the car to turn left or right.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 12 July 2021
• The dot com boom or the advent of AI have served as pivot points for many entrepreneurs.
  — Kumar Mehta, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• The overtime sting has the potential to end up a pivot point for Oregon.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2021
• But the Giants are at a pivot point — 2½ games out of the NL West lead, with a tenuous hold on a wild card spot.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• His pivot move to create just enough space to get the shot away over Paul George was basketball art.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
• Instead, the player has to throw the disc without moving a pivot leg to advance it.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
• There would have been another pivot point to drive him to excel.
  — Kumar Mehta, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• Past the front pivot door, a stroll leads through the living room that flaunts a floor-to-ceiling electric fireplace and cushy seating.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 31 Oct. 2019
• This is kind of a pivot moment for you when people will see your work and likely start calling you to shoot things.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 30 June 2022
• The pivot point of the in-sequence serve-returns will be a focal point as Suffield continues to improve.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2022
• January 6th was a pivot point for this country and for this party.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
• Your plan has to involve a pivot technique and the ability to move accordingly as the world changes.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 May 2021
• But there hasn't been any pivot point where the Warriors declined to pursue in making the roster better.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2021
• Leaders shouldn’t look at that result as a failure but instead as a pivot point to evolve and try something else.
  — Chris Port, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• The timing of it all couldn’t have been more dramatic – the trade deadline one day in front of the team and sort of a pivot point against the Milwaukee Bucks one night behind.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022
• Jones’s cutting delivery of those first two words is a gemlike highlight of the film—and what Tammy Faye knew, and when, prove to be the very pivot point of the story to come.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2021
• Will the early 2020s end up being a pivot point for the industry, or will EVs remain a novelty?
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2021
• With the program off and running, the goals now pivot from creating a program, to competing as a program.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2023
• Some point to Musk’s draconian cuts at Twitter as a pivot point for the industry.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
• The debates will evolve in step with the Ravens’ offense, which could be arriving at a handful of pivot points in the Jackson-Roman partnership.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2022
• Emmett Till was such a pivot point because of television.
  — Zoë Jackson, Star Tribune, 24 May 2021
• The pivot feature is also a great option for people of different heights.
  — Tabitha Britt, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The primary bedroom is full of natural light thanks to a set of windows that bear a window-pane design similar to the pivot doors on the first floor.
  — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2022
• The pivot point of his second term, still less than a year old and accompanied until now by sense of drift, appears imminent.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• While a small company like MJTC can be nimble and pivot quickly, bigger houses need more lead time.
  — Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• The economy is approaching a pivot point, one that has many consumers wondering when rates will come back down, how quickly and how much.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Industry experts say the pandemic proved a pivot point.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• The deal also seemed to be a pivot point in relations with China, which reacted angrily.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• When the jaws are fully open, the fulcrum-cam engages a pivot point on the lower handle, promoting tremendous cutting leverage.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• Olikara, who recently moved back home to Milwaukee, believes Wisconsin is a pivot point for the country.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2020

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pivot

3 of 3 verb

• The door hinge pivots around the pin.
• The quarterback pivoted and threw the ball to the running back.
• The dancers pivoted on their toes and changed direction.
• But Mary stayed in class as the teacher pivoted back to the lesson.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 16 May 2023
• Some mower designs omit the plug and have a pivoting plate that closes off the deck.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
• Wong is pivoting from a corporate job to a role in the dog training field.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• The catamaran pivots hard on its foils, flying six feet above the water.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 July 2023
• Three months after that, the brigade pivoted north to attack the Ukrainians in Vuhledar.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• Owner Frank Rose pivoted from a life in the studio to the business of curating.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Following six years of service in the Air Force, Williams pivoted to a career in medicine.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 20 Dec. 2023
• The City Council has also pivoted to counter the image of unsafe streets.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
• But the Spanish election may pivot on the question of bad company.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 22 July 2023
• So the director once again pivoted, recruiting Doll and Liyah Mitchell to the project to round out her central cast.
  — Elaina Patton, NBC News, 28 July 2023
• When pivoting your brand or launching a campaign, commit to the process and commit to your people.
  — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
• Running back Nick Chubb took a direct snap and handed to Watson who ran to his left, pivoted and turned to his right.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
• The monologue pivots around the moment when Israel was on the brink of defeat and Meir awaits word of military support from the United States.
  — Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• The important thing, the couple said, is the ability to pivot to whatever comes next.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2023
• Uiagalelei quickly stopped, pivoted and fired a lateral pass across the field to Gray.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• Mueller said local officials were able to pivot quickly to provide users with test strips to check for the presence of xylazine in their drugs.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
• Google Search, like the rest of the internet, is pivoting to generative AI.
  — Justin Pot, The Atlantic, 11 July 2023
• Even so, that increase may not have been enough for Fed officials to pivot from raising its main rate at its next meeting.
  — Matt Ott, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• Dear Elaine: What safety nets are necessary to pivot a career change that involves going to school to learn a new skill set?
  — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
• As the race to build generative AI sped up, the camp pivoted exclusively to AI last year.
  — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
• One of the great things about being a young entrepreneur is your ability to pivot and have a finger on the pulse of culture and what’s working.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
• The stand-out shade-providing canopy on this float pivots up to 60 degrees, blocking the sun at various angles.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 18 Mar. 2024
• And the sixth episode, the last of this very micro season, pivots the show someplace new-ish, concluding with a last shot that is effective and chilling.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2023
• More recently, she’s pivoted to lifestyle videos: Mopping her floor for the first time.
  — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• The Daytime Emmys are once again planning to pivot, as next month’s awards show to won’t go forward as previously planned.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 May 2023
• The film doesn’t address this diminution of her role after the first film at all, instead pivoting full force into Momoa’s charisma.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• But after getting fed up with his ill-fitting weightlifting clothes, Francis suggested pivoting the company to sportswear.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024