spin·out
ˈspin-ˌau̇t 
: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway
spun out; spinning out; spins out
: to make a rotational skid in an automobile
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Elaine Chen, STAT, 2 May 2024
Additionally, Suzano invests in startups and spinouts in areas such as agtech and forest tech, novel biomass applications, carbon removal, and sustainable packaging solutions under Suzano Ventures, the firm's $70 million corporate venture capital arm.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Slick conditions also wreaked havoc in Minnesota where nearly 400 crashes and more than 300 spinouts have occurred since Sunday, according the Minnesota State Patrol.
—Robert Shackelford, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
Take Polestar, the EV spinout of Swedish carmaker Volvo, which delivers one of the most convincing rivals to Tesla, and (most importantly as a reluctant Tesla owner myself) a way to ‘go green’ without lining Elon Musk’s pocket.
—Alex Wood Morton, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
Frequency Therapeutics, an MIT spinout, is looking for new ways to reverse hearing loss.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 May 2022
Early last week, the buzzy social network Bluesky—a onetime Twitter spinout that’s soaking up many refugees from the cesspit now known as X—finally started letting people in without invitations.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
Caltrans officials in Sacramento were urgently watching conditions on Interstate 80 and Highway 50 as spinouts began tying up traffic Friday night.
—Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024
The California Highway Patrol said numerous spinouts and collisions forced an hourslong closure of Interstate 80 from west of Truckee, California to the state line west of Reno.
—Steve Leblanc, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 20 May 2024
Donovan Mitchell had collapsed to the floor, devastated, after Utah’s final 3-point attempt spun out of the cylinder as time expired, leaving Mitchell with only an 80-78 loss to show for his Herculean effort in the bubble: 36.3 points per game on 52% outside shooting in a seven-game saga.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
Boeing has been in negotiations to acquire Spirit, which was a part of the company until it was spun out in 2005.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 17 May 2024
The 25-person company, which spun out of proteomics firm Alamar, launched last year and announced a $60 million Series A round.
—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 9 May 2024
The helicopter spun out of control and crashed in grass along Interstate 77 south near Tyvola Road in Charlotte.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2024
Isomorphic Labs, which was spun out of Google DeepMind, has also begun using the system internally to speed its efforts to discover new drugs.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Spirit, which used to be a division of Boeing until it was spun out in 2005, has been in negotiations to rejoin its former parent company.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 7 May 2024
Dozens of cars spun out, and the CHP put chain controls on Interstate 80 until the blizzard passed.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
Noun
The spinout is advancing three drug candidates, one that’s being tested in a Phase 1 trial and two others that are preclinical.
—Elaine Chen, STAT, 2 May 2024
Additionally, Suzano invests in startups and spinouts in areas such as agtech and forest tech, novel biomass applications, carbon removal, and sustainable packaging solutions under Suzano Ventures, the firm's $70 million corporate venture capital arm.
—Angelica Mari, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Slick conditions also wreaked havoc in Minnesota where nearly 400 crashes and more than 300 spinouts have occurred since Sunday, according the Minnesota State Patrol.
—Robert Shackelford, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
Take Polestar, the EV spinout of Swedish carmaker Volvo, which delivers one of the most convincing rivals to Tesla, and (most importantly as a reluctant Tesla owner myself) a way to ‘go green’ without lining Elon Musk’s pocket.
—Alex Wood Morton, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024
Frequency Therapeutics, an MIT spinout, is looking for new ways to reverse hearing loss.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 May 2022
Early last week, the buzzy social network Bluesky—a onetime Twitter spinout that’s soaking up many refugees from the cesspit now known as X—finally started letting people in without invitations.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
Caltrans officials in Sacramento were urgently watching conditions on Interstate 80 and Highway 50 as spinouts began tying up traffic Friday night.
—Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024
The California Highway Patrol said numerous spinouts and collisions forced an hourslong closure of Interstate 80 from west of Truckee, California to the state line west of Reno.
—Steve Leblanc, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
Verb
On a pivotal day in the first criminal trial of an American president, the courtroom threatened to spin out of control.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 20 May 2024
Donovan Mitchell had collapsed to the floor, devastated, after Utah’s final 3-point attempt spun out of the cylinder as time expired, leaving Mitchell with only an 80-78 loss to show for his Herculean effort in the bubble: 36.3 points per game on 52% outside shooting in a seven-game saga.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
Boeing has been in negotiations to acquire Spirit, which was a part of the company until it was spun out in 2005.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 17 May 2024
The 25-person company, which spun out of proteomics firm Alamar, launched last year and announced a $60 million Series A round.
—Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 9 May 2024
The helicopter spun out of control and crashed in grass along Interstate 77 south near Tyvola Road in Charlotte.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2024
Isomorphic Labs, which was spun out of Google DeepMind, has also begun using the system internally to speed its efforts to discover new drugs.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 May 2024
Spirit, which used to be a division of Boeing until it was spun out in 2005, has been in negotiations to rejoin its former parent company.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 7 May 2024
Dozens of cars spun out, and the CHP put chain controls on Interstate 80 until the blizzard passed.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024
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