Definition of "pivoting" [pivoting]

• Present participle of pivot. (verb)

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• "During the last glacial – interglacial transition, the movements of the North Atlantic Polar Front have been described as pivoting around locations in the western North Atlantic."
• "He gets you down low and all he's doing is just pivoting, which is legal."
• "JAMES CARVILLE, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: You want to have a framework that the candidate can go back to, and you want to practice pivoting, that is, when you get a question, and, you know, how to answer a question and go to a larger point."