Thesaurus results for U-TURN

U-turn

noun

ˈyü-ˌtərn

as in reversal

a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite an abrupt U-turn of her support for the candidate after hearing the news of his misdeeds

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Recent Examples of U-turn Trailing 1-0 at home against Burnley at half-time, Forest turned things around in the second half on Sunday, courtesy of an exceptional individual performance from Gibbs-White, who was on the verge of joining Spurs last July before a last-minute U-turn. —

Stuart James, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 There was no U-turn at all on the part of Israeli society. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 L’Amas made a U-turn, turned on his lights and the vehicle pulled over in a strip mall parking lot on the south side of 167th Street, the police report said. —

Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Two vessels that passed through the Strait of Hormuz stopped at the same point in the Gulf of Oman, according to Kpler, a data intelligence and analytics platform, with one vessel having made a U-turn back through the waterway. —

Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for U-turn

Recent Examples of Synonyms for U-turn

reversal

Noun

The report does not provide evidence to support the claims against Shoigu, who was formerly seen as very close to Putin, and a bid to unseat the Russian president would mark a stark reversal in allegiance.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
The daily chart of IGV is taking the shape of a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders reversal pattern.

— Katie Stockton, CNBC, 4 May 2026