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"\u2014 Nick Thayer",
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"\u2014 Desmond Nair",
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"\u2014 India Gary-Martin",
"Restauranteur Jordan Rulloda has been grinding through this pandemic. \u2026 Rulloda says he and his small team have pivoted the best they can.",
"\u2014 Lyndsay Morrison",
"The city famed for steel mills that powered America's industrial rise has steadily pivoted toward technology and health care \u2026",
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"\u2014 Debi Enker and Melinda Houston"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Pentagon\u2019s pivot to Asia thus is likely to be diluted, even if the rhetoric coming out Washington suggests otherwise. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Yet the marchers intuited that a dramatic pivot in their nearly 50-year struggle was at hand. \u2014 David Montgomery, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"Kurlantzick says any hard pivot to Beijing will also be difficult for Marcos domestically. \u2014 Time , 13 May 2022",
"Pentagon officials have been quick to point out that Russia\u2019s pivot to Donbas and away from capturing Kyiv, the capital, might be a necessity for Moscow after Russian forces stalled out in the central part of the country. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The pivot , after five weeks of intense fighting, was a gauge of the intensity and effectiveness of Ukrainian resistance and signaled a decision by the Kremlin to pursue what is likely to become a prolonged war of attrition. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Is Russia's pivot to Donbas just a 'face-saving move'",
"The pivot to spending money on cryptoart, Silje explains, isn\u2019t a dramatic one. \u2014 Lydia Wang, refinery29.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Silicon Valley skeptics suggest that Facebook\u2019s big pivot may be a PR stunt. \u2014 Kristen Bateman, Town & Country , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For her and Ukraine\u2019s other young people, February 24, 2022, marks a pivot point\u2014life will always be divided into a period before that day, when Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces crossed into Ukraine, and after. \u2014 Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"The one-year milepost, historically, is a pivot point for presidents, the natural transition from fighting to enact their agenda to selling it to voters ahead of the November midterm elections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Outbreaks of infectious disease \u2014 the bubonic plague, smallpox, cholera, the Spanish flu, AIDS \u2014 have been pivot points in human history. \u2014 William Falk, The Week , 23 Oct. 2021",
"In midfield, captain Sergio Busquets provides pivot support to Gavi and Frenkie de Jong while a front line is former by Ferran Torres, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Adama Traore. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"What happened in the fifties with the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams is a pivot point in the history of performance. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Rhetoric around poverty and the ability to afford access to abortions represent a pivot point between American attitudes on the issue and one other part of the world \u2013 Europe. \u2014 Monika R\u0119ba\u0142a, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Other area school districts have also had their schools pivot to virtual learning. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Flea, born Michael Balzary in Australia 43 years ago, is truly the pivot point of the Chili Peppers. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Many struggled to pivot , and some shuttered entirely. \u2014 Giuliana Corbo, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"How will the NAMM Show \u2014 the world\u2019s largest and oldest annual music instrument, equipment and technology show \u2014 pivot back to being a live event this weekend after canceling last year\u2019s edition because of the COVID-19 pandemic",
"As the storm moves inland over the Southeast into Saturday, the showers will pivot and start coming in from the south. \u2014 Ian Livingston, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"Teams must also apply the Agile ethos to their choice of tools and processes, which empowers them to pivot quickly when needed and incrementally deliver high-performing content. \u2014 Caroline Petersen, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"But with warm weather approaching, Cho is already planning to pivot again, rolling out a charcoal grill at the end of June and turning Han Oak into a Korean barbecue. \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"That was as Firstman decided to pivot during the industry\u2019s pandemic lockdown to producing popular impressions for Instagram. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 May 2022",
"If Bergeron walks, that leaves Erik Haula and Charlie Coyle as the best immediate candidates to pivot the top six, knocking heads night to night with the 60 or so best centers across the league. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 21 May 2022",
"More recently policy shifted to undersea warfare, forcing Electric Boat and other Navy suppliers to pivot quickly. \u2014 Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant , 18 May 2022"
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"Juneteenth marks a pivotal moment in American history -- the end of a long battle for freedom for Blacks that lasted 246 years, Jackson said. \u2014 La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"The pivotal moment, as is common at major championships, arrived as Fitzpatrick stood on the final tee of the 72-hole, four-day tournament while leading by one stroke. \u2014 Bill Pennington, New York Times , 19 June 2022",
"Early in the pandemic, Amazon saw a pivotal moment to meet demand and expand its e-commerce reach. \u2014 Dana Mattioli, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"The devastation turned out to be a pivotal moment, and Smith determined to give Nashville another shot \u2014 this time, finding his place in country music. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 15 June 2022",
"This pivot, or pivotal moment of \u2018activation\u2019, is what led to \u00c1rboles\u2019 tremendously popular business. \u2014 Karin Eldor, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"Thanks to Sox's telecommunication abilities, Buzz enjoys a final moment with his friend at a pivotal moment of the film. \u2014 Patrick Gomez, EW.com , 13 June 2022",
"But after three seasons of being overlooked and underused, USC\u2019s tight ends are finally expected to play a pivotal part in Lincoln Riley\u2019s offense, and Wolfe, in the emerging role of H-back, could very well be its linchpin. \u2014 Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
"The 6-foot-4 senior guard is a three-time All-WAC selection and was a pivotal part of a Lobos team that finished 27-7 and beat fifth-seeded UConn in the first round of the NCAA tournament. \u2014 Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News , 19 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 India Gary-Martin",
"Restauranteur Jordan Rulloda has been grinding through this pandemic. \u2026 Rulloda says he and his small team have pivoted the best they can.",
"\u2014 Lyndsay Morrison",
"The city famed for steel mills that powered America's industrial rise has steadily pivoted toward technology and health care \u2026",
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"\u2014 Desmond Nair",
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"\u2014 Zeenath Kuraisha"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Taken together, the two moves represent a significant pivot for DSM, moving away from manufacturing plastics and toward producing scents for perfumes and flavorings for food and beverages. \u2014 Kevin Dowd, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The plan to accelerate transit to the airport marked a pivot from a previous proposal to develop an all-encompassing grand central station on the Navy\u2019s Old Town Campus, commonly known as NAVWAR. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"That seven-times-platinum album marked a pivot from the band\u2019s funk-rock origins to a more streamlined alternative rock sound. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Such a sacrifice would undoubtedly provide the tragic pivot for the Oscar-bait biopic of Montessori\u2019s life. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 3 Mar. 2022",
"The move would signal a major pivot for the Biden administration, which until recently was taking a restrained stance on Ukraine, out of fear of provoking Russia into invading. \u2014 Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The moves signal a major pivot for the Biden administration, which until recently was taking a restrained stance on Ukraine, out of fear of provoking Russia. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Tuesday\u2019s game marked a pivot from the A\u2019s weekend series against the Giants at Oracle Park - the first at the Giants\u2019 ballpark without capacity limits. \u2014 Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2021",
"Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani unveiled an ambitious push into clean energy involving 750 billion rupees ($10.1 billion) of investment over three years, marking a new pivot for one of the world\u2019s biggest fossil-fuel billionaires. \u2014 Time , 25 June 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"For her and Ukraine\u2019s other young people, February 24, 2022, marks a pivot point\u2014life will always be divided into a period before that day, when Vladimir Putin\u2019s forces crossed into Ukraine, and after. \u2014 Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic , 10 June 2022",
"The one-year milepost, historically, is a pivot point for presidents, the natural transition from fighting to enact their agenda to selling it to voters ahead of the November midterm elections. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Outbreaks of infectious disease \u2014 the bubonic plague, smallpox, cholera, the Spanish flu, AIDS \u2014 have been pivot points in human history. \u2014 William Falk, The Week , 23 Oct. 2021",
"In midfield, captain Sergio Busquets provides pivot support to Gavi and Frenkie de Jong while a front line is former by Ferran Torres, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Adama Traore. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 13 Mar. 2022",
"What happened in the fifties with the Actors Studio with Elia Kazan and Tennessee Williams is a pivot point in the history of performance. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Rhetoric around poverty and the ability to afford access to abortions represent a pivot point between American attitudes on the issue and one other part of the world \u2013 Europe. \u2014 Monika R\u0119ba\u0142a, The Christian Science Monitor , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Other area school districts have also had their schools pivot to virtual learning. \u2014 Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Flea, born Michael Balzary in Australia 43 years ago, is truly the pivot point of the Chili Peppers. \u2014 Alan Light, SPIN , 5 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The 2021 festival, which debuted both Oscar-winners CODA and Summer of Soul, was completely virtual, followed by a 2022 festival that had to pivot from being in-person to online due to the omicron COVID-19 surge this past winter. \u2014 Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
"In other words, Republicans will have to pivot to relevant issues to win a majority in the general election. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"Like many businesses, Fairway Packing, which supplies beef and other products to local restaurants, had to pivot during the pandemic. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"The film crew at Downton has to pivot from a silent film to a talkie, and Lady Mary lends her voice to the movie. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 May 2022",
"Retailers had to pivot to Americans\u2019 changing demands throughout the pandemic and now again with many returning to offices. \u2014 Anne D'innocenzio, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"Retailers had to pivot to Americans\u2019 changing demands throughout the pandemic and now again with many returning to offices. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2022",
"Saviano predicts the future is chair rental at salons, which means owners have to pivot while holding onto the very thing that makes the salon so special. \u2014 Lexy Lebsack, Allure , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Many struggled to pivot , and some shuttered entirely. \u2014 Giuliana Corbo, Forbes , 8 June 2022"
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