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Recent Examples of pirouette
Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The Chiefs are breaking the huddle and doing 9 million shifts and dance pirouettes, and the defense does all these crazy things with Spags.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Elizabeth Tapia performed her Crocodile role with agile jumps and pirouettes while a half dozen Fish dancers performed a frisky conga line behind her.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
The performers strut and bounce and pirouette and leap into and out of costumes.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This manifests most visibly in a lip-serum injection gone awry, but somehow the film sticks the landing after what could have been an uncomfortable pirouette.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The Chiefs are breaking the huddle and doing 9 million shifts and dance pirouettes, and the defense does all these crazy things with Spags.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Elizabeth Tapia performed her Crocodile role with agile jumps and pirouettes while a half dozen Fish dancers performed a frisky conga line behind her.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
The performers strut and bounce and pirouette and leap into and out of costumes.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pirouette
Noun
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Plus, score trendy barrel pants and linen trousers to add to your workwear rotation.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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For our other go-to lawn care tools and gadgets that made it into our frequent rotation, keep reading.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
Verb
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Rather than tiring the players out, the Conference League has given Maresca more opportunity to rotate and give everyone game time, therefore keeping fringe members happier.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The 70-year-old Boca Raton Museum of Art has an impressive permanent collection, thought-provoking rotating exhibits, a sculpture garden, and a design-forward gift shop with artisan gifts, contemporary home designs, jewelry, and more—perfect for unique souvenirs.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The perfect pasta twirl, the soft collapse of cake, the crunch when cutting into a loaf of sourdough—these are the moments when the best silverware sets really earns its place at the table.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
3 Apr. 2025
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Her movements were understated and free, her presence magnetic — graceful twirls one moment, piercing eye contact the next.—
Sara Ibrahim,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For example, all six Kura Sushi revolving sushi bar locations in Dallas have at least two delivery robots that aid in waiting and bussing tables.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2025
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As the time progressed and the discs revolved, the appropriate hour and minutes were revealed via small cutout windows.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Wicked, wicked stuff (velocity, spin rate, break), being a Dodgers pitcher … and, alas, fragility and breaking down.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Venus is joining forces with Neptune, bringing an idealistic spin to your friendship circles and social life.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Burned by years of inaction on social media, lawmakers in both parties want to get ahead of the curve on AI.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Allow Interns To Contribute To Meaningful Projects Junior associates bring fresh perspectives, new ideas and a familiarity with the latest technologies that can help organizations stay ahead of the curve.—
Anne St. Peter,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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And while sitting down for dinner in the last moments of the season, Anne reveals to the entire group that Ginny is pregnant with Nick's baby, just before the credits roll.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Give any room a facelift with a roll of citrus, lilac, or stripe wallpaper from the collection.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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“Pirouette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pirouette. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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