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Recent Examples of rotary
Utilizing an auto-advancing 12 shot rotary magazine, this easy to load, easy to charge, and easy to shoot break barrel launches 12 grain pellets at 825 FPS, excellent energy for small game hunting, target practice, or just plinking.
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
These are seen on the drive mode rotary dial and other roller controls, as well as the gear selector.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Consider joining or getting more heavily involved in an organization – rotary, garden club, biker gang, whatever suits your fancy.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, the Carlisle Police Department said in a news release Friday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
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Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
These are seen on the drive mode rotary dial and other roller controls, as well as the gear selector.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Consider joining or getting more heavily involved in an organization – rotary, garden club, biker gang, whatever suits your fancy.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2024
The flags were taken from the rotary at the center of Carlisle near the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, the Carlisle Police Department said in a news release Friday.
—Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary
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The recent decline may be linked, in part, to traffic calming measures, including lower speed limits, narrower roads, roundabouts, and no-right-on-red intersections, per the Vision Zero report.—
Christine Clarridge,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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City officials plan more roundabouts, countdown timers, widened crosswalks and more to try to reduce fatalities.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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In this clip, Asimov navigates autonomously around a traffic circle at night.—
Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 May 2018
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Here the underlying image is a sweeping, but somewhat rudimentary, aerial view of the Christopher Columbus statue at the southwest corner of New York’s Central Park, where it is ringed concentrically by a pedestrian plaza, a traffic circle, and two high-rise towers.—
Mara Hoberman,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Ryan has been pushing ever since for a full interchange at Pat Salerno Drive, arguing that the arena and nearby Sawgrass Mills mall need a ramp for commuters coming from the region’s northern borders.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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But smaller financial institutions such as credit unions that are part of that food chain and also small businesses say they would get hurt by a reduction in the interchange fee revenue alongside their larger bank competitors.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2025
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The film’s signature image is that of its protagonist, Maria Wyeth (Tuesday Weld), driving along the highways of Greater Los Angeles in her bright-yellow Corvette, the arteries and cloverleaf intersections all helping create the impression of someone going around in circles.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Accessories bundled with the Edge 21 include an HDMI cable, USB-C cable, plus a power adapter with a cloverleaf mains lead.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Demons move in waves over cliffs slick with rain, cultists chanting in perfect circles, pentagrams glowing beneath their feet.—
Kazuma Hashimoto,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The idea gained additional attention in right-wing circles after Republican Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles in January proposed changing the Constitution to allow Trump to serve a third term in office.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Rotary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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