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The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates
“Find the central pivot point and bring it front and center on the phone, on TV on the stump, and at the door.”
The principal aspect or dimension of something
“In fact, the lack of effective and efficient modern justice systems appears to be the pivot on which most Black African problems revolves.”
The central point of a place
An act of moving from one point to another while suspended or on an axis
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused
An instance of segueing, a transition
Critical juncture
A point where two or more things are joined
Turn on or as if on a pivot
“To pivot to the left, you press down on your right big toe.”
To depend on
“But presidential nominations can pivot on such accidents of timing.”
To change the emphasis, direction, or focus of
(center on) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something)
To wobble or move unsteadily
To move or proceed in a given course or direction
Travel across
To move or go quickly and suddenly
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