gyrate
verb (used without object)
to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
has gyrated
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present perfectof gyrate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The purchasing power of gold has gyrated from one year to the next.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
But even since that plunge, the yield on two-year notes has gyrated sharply higher and lower.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Hong Kong’s market has gyrated in the past few days as investors speculated over signs that Beijing might ease stringent “zero-COVID” policies that have led to entire cities being kept in lockdown for weeks.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
One result is that the market price has gyrated spectacularly — especially in 2013, when the asking price soared from $13 per bitcoin in January to around $1,200 in December.
From Nature ● Sep. 29, 2015
That’s appealed to investors as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has gyrated more than 200 percentage points this year, only to end up about where it started on Jan. 1.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 21, 2011
