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If they are brought on, they will be appointed on a rotating basis.
—Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2023
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Bus routes will be suspended for one week on a rotating basis in each of the district’s five service areas.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
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Iran has several military bases near the Iraqi border and forces have been present there on a rotating basis for decades.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2022
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Twelve animals take turns claiming the year on a rotating basis.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2023
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The other companies were allowed to sign fires on a rotating basis.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
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On Wednesday, the Board approved a postseason format beginning in 2024 where each of the regions would match up against the other three in the first round on a rotating basis.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2023
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The patio includes two sculptures and a mural, which will change on a rotating basis as part of a partnership with The Avenue Concept.
—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2021
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In recent years, Oregon State has selected four team captains, then added a fifth each week on a rotating basis.
—Nick Daschel | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022
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The city manager’s office has said the amendment would lead to brownouts, where certain fire companies are shut down on a rotating basis.
—Hannah K. Sparling, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2021
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The cafe’s bakery highlight is the nearly 40 varieties, on a rotating basis, of baked in-house daily cheesecakes.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2023
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Each group will receive bus service on a rotating basis for three weeks, before bus service for that group is suspended for six weeks.
—Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022
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Broz said board members may eat dinner at these work sessions, but if so, it would be provided by themselves on a rotating basis.
—Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2022
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Bus service is being provided on a rotating basis to three groups, which will have three weeks of bus service followed by six weeks without it.
—Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022
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Mosquito traps are set Monday through Thursday nights at each site every ten days on a rotating basis.
—courant.com, 4 Sep. 2020
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The four quarterfinal games and two playoff semifinal games would be played in existing bowl games, such as the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, on a rotating basis.
—Laine Higgins, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
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District officials last week said that families would receive bus service for three weeks at a time, and then have no service for six weeks, on a rotating basis.
—Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022
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But every year, on a rotating basis, just four of the 12 regional bank presidents have a vote on the central bank’s interest rate decisions.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
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Each month, the savings are given to one individual on a rotating basis.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2022
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Other members are elected by the General Assembly on a rotating basis for two-year terms.
—Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 25 Feb. 2022
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Some students are nominated or selected for boards on a rotating basis from a county’s high schools.
—Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2021
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There are 12 zodiac animals, each assigned a year, on a rotating basis.
—Time, 20 Jan. 2023
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The board hears cases on a rotating basis, with five-judge panels ruling on whether Facebook correctly applied its own rules by removing—or leaving up—a particular piece of content.
—Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 3 May 2021
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Submissions will be reviewed by editors on a rotating basis.
—Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2023
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All of Dallas College’s seven campuses will host vaccine clinics on a rotating basis until Nov. 15.
—Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2021
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But access to the 18th-floor courtroom where the trial occurs will be restricted to the 30-some participants, including the jurors, defendant, judge, clerks, lawyers, a live cable-TV feed and two media seats occupied on a rotating basis.
—Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
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Or a group of families might share responsibilities, where parents are responsible for school on a rotating basis.
—Anna Claire Vollers | Avollers@al.com, al, 30 July 2020
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These measures have made a difference during the pandemic, when the coronavirus has spread in nursing homes amongroommates and a changing array of staff members working on a rotating basis, all socializing indoors.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
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Presidents and vice presidents deliver commencement speeches at the service academies each year on a rotating basis.
—Jasmine Wright, CNN, 28 May 2021
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Highly selective, the program provides a unique experience in Indiana state government by placing fellows in various state agencies on a rotating basis throughout the year.
—Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 8 Feb. 2022
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Some researchers have suggested that because alfalfa and other cattle-feed crops consume a large share of the river, an effective way of dramatically reducing water use would be to leave some of these lands dry on a rotating basis or seasonally.
—Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
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