rotate
verb (used with object)
to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
have been rotating
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present perfect progressiveof rotate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Since the start of the year, institutional investors have been rotating away from speculative, high-growth assets into other areas of the market, like defensive stock sectors and metals.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
Traders have been rotating out of richly priced tech shares into blue-chip, small-cap and other more diversified stock picks since late 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The stock has benefited from its dependable cash flows, global scale, and dividend appeal at a time when investors have been rotating toward lower-risk names.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Reuters reported in 2021 that a small number of U.S. special operations forces have been rotating into Taiwan on a temporary basis to train its forces.
From Reuters ● Apr. 8, 2023
Going farther back still we come to a day of ten hours, until, inconceivable ages ago, the earth must have been rotating on its axis in a period of from three to four hours.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson
