clockwise
Americanadverb
adjective
adverb
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Middle School Geometry, List 1
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Geometry - Middle School
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Originating in the Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea, sargassum was pushed by clockwise currents into nutrient-rich waters where it has exploded in growth.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
As winds rotate in a clockwise direction around high pressure, this will result in a northerly airflow pushing across the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
A clockwise march past the 85 exhibits develops a chronology from the birth of modern war in the tangled British and French corpses of J.M.W.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
These vortices form in pairs that rotate in opposite directions, with one spinning clockwise and the other counterclockwise.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
The size of the chambers of the nautilus and the number of clockwise grooves to counterclockwise grooves in the pineapple are governed by this sequence.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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