spin·out
ˈspin-ˌau̇t 
: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway
spun out; spinning out; spins out
: to make a rotational skid in an automobile
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IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2019
The Colorado Department of Transportation implemented a safety closure in this section of Summit County due to heavy snow accumulation causing multiple vehicle spinouts.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2009, Time Warner spun out AOL as a separately stand-alone company.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The pilot factory is owned by Oxford PV—a spinout from the University of Oxford, in England—which since 2012 has worked on commercializing solar cells made from a type of crystal known as a perovskite.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Jan. 2019
The Colorado Department of Transportation implemented a safety closure in this section of Summit County due to heavy snow accumulation causing multiple vehicle spinouts.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
An Orange County Sheriff’s Office truck spun out of control and into the path of an oncoming car on Florida’s Turnpike on Thursday night that left the driver of a second vehicle dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2009, Time Warner spun out AOL as a separately stand-alone company.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Spinout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spinout. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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