as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing
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Recent Examples of turnabout
The lawsuit reflects a stark philosophical turnabout from the position on gender identity issues taken during Democratic administrations.
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Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Loading your audio article OAKLAND — Less than a year after Alameda County agreed to his release from prison in an abrupt turnabout, a local resident has been charged with nine felonies in connection with a recent shooting.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
That's a turnabout from 2022, as developers took advantage of falling equipment costs and, at least in some areas, alternatives to lengthy grid-connection queues.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
The meetings represent a remarkable turnabout for Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich Gulf kingdom’s de facto leader who was shunned for a time in diplomatic circles.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Loading your audio article OAKLAND — Less than a year after Alameda County agreed to his release from prison in an abrupt turnabout, a local resident has been charged with nine felonies in connection with a recent shooting.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
That's a turnabout from 2022, as developers took advantage of falling equipment costs and, at least in some areas, alternatives to lengthy grid-connection queues.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
The meetings represent a remarkable turnabout for Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich Gulf kingdom’s de facto leader who was shunned for a time in diplomatic circles.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnabout
reversal
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The policy represents a reversal for Fannie and Freddie, the two entities under government conservatorship that guarantee more than half of America’s mortgages.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Trump and his party have made the rollback of LGBTQ rights a nationwide priority, and more encroachments—perhaps even the reversal of Obergefell—appear to be on conservatives’ radar.—
Emma Sarappo,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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