spin control

noun

: the act or practice of attempting to manipulate the way an event is interpreted by others
political spin control

Examples of spin control in a Sentence

When the defective part was recalled, the company had to do some clever spin control.
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Zuckerberg performs spin control Two major storm clouds currently hover over Facebook: first, the rise of fake news; and second, information that was collected by Facebook and provided to third parties. Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 4 Apr. 2018 Doing spin control for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos? Chad Pergram, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spin control was in 1984

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“Spin control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spin%20control. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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