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Recent Examples of pirouette
James McNicholas, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
Listen closely, and her control of pitch and timbre speaks to a dazzlingly exacting vision for her music, every pirouette mapped out with an engineer’s precision.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Just a few minutes earlier, Maiava had tried a similar pocket pirouette, only to be brought down for a sack.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Try your hand at a pirouette on the ice rink followed by a stroll around the wooden huts hawking everything from ornaments and crafts to Norwegian treats like gløgg, the Scandinavian version of mulled wine.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Jude Bellingham’s dainty pirouette briefly sends my heart rate fluttering over 80bpm.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 8 July 2024
Listen closely, and her control of pitch and timbre speaks to a dazzlingly exacting vision for her music, every pirouette mapped out with an engineer’s precision.
—Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Just a few minutes earlier, Maiava had tried a similar pocket pirouette, only to be brought down for a sack.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Try your hand at a pirouette on the ice rink followed by a stroll around the wooden huts hawking everything from ornaments and crafts to Norwegian treats like gløgg, the Scandinavian version of mulled wine.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pirouette
Noun
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Their rotation is thin, and that's been an issue for a few years now.—
Morten Stig Jensen,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Yankees were deep in the Juan Soto trenches, while the Red Sox were clear that bolstering their rotation was their first priority.—
Katie Woo,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The video in question surfaced on Reddit, and shows the console being rotated 180-degrees, the Joy-Cons snapping into place, and a screen attachment connecting to the bottom USB-C port.—
Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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Harter rotates between his three go-to flavors: Cherry, Strawberry and Mint — without the chocolate chips.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The two ends are powered by separate motors, and the handle also twirls to create that come-hither motion that’s so well-suited for G-spot stimulation.—
Gabrielle Kassel,
SELF,
11 Feb. 2025
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Get The Recipe Fettuccine With Collards And Bacon Ready for a twirl?—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The restaurant on the 47th floor of the Marriott Marquis in Times Square — the city’s only revolving restaurant and bar — is reopening under the management of Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group.—
Tanya Sichynsky,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Essay The Agony and the Ecstasy of the West Edmonton Mall Max Fawcett On learning to love the abominable mix of Soviet brutalism and unrelenting American capitalism around which Edmonton revolves.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Jigar Shah, who ran the Loan Programs Office at the Energy Department under the Biden administration, puts an optimistic spin on the state of the industry.—
Lydia DePillis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Related Articles For the special occasion, Saldaña put a sheer spin on power dressing.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Addressing the elevated pace of shelter inflation requires bending the housing cost curve to enable adding more attainable housing.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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The interiors feature sleek curves of the ‘Bat Cave’ paired alongside modern forms, textured marble, warm hues, and steel black accents that reference Batman’s signature black edge.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But putting thousands of government employees on the unemployment rolls really does not add up.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025
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And early in the 2026 cycle, the Illini are on a roll.—
Grace Raynor,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Pirouette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pirouette. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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