- present participle of pivot.
pivoting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pivoting
Example Sentences
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Large manufacturers such as Caterpillar and Cummins are pivoting their businesses to feed a booming market for once-prosaic power equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The company has been pivoting to a broader platform and strategy — a “relationship-based selling” approach, whereby it focuses on catering to existing customers and selling them new products.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Winds and surface currents later carried it out of Petermann Fjord, while satellite observations showed it pivoting away from Joe Island and moving southwest through Nares Strait.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
In his junior year, with two Harvard Business School students, he co-founded a Brazilian social network called Vostu, which found success pivoting to game development.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Slowly, at first, pivoting on the balls of his feet, his felt shoes made a metallic clack on the stone floor—an unfamiliar sound to me.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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