on a rotating basis

idiom

: by taking turns
The doctors take weekend call on a rotating basis.

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Commissioners choose a new chair each year on a rotating basis. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025 Local churches on a rotating basis also would provide shelter to a couple of families at a time. Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 Seven members are from the Fed's Board of Governors; four are assigned from the 11 Reserve Bank presidents, who each serve one-year terms on a rotating basis; and one FOMC member is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025 There are three eras that are looked at on a rotating basis: Contemporary Players (those who played after 1980), Contemporary Managers/Executives/Umpires (those whose contributions were primarily after 1980) and Classic Era (Players/Managers/Umpires/Executives Pre-1980). Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for on a rotating basis 

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“On a rotating basis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20a%20rotating%20basis. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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