change around
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or British change round
: to change the order or positions of the parts of (something)
When I got back everything in my office had been changed around.
I had to change the schedule round a little.
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Prior to this research, astronomers had only ever seen the chemistry of a disk change around a star, but not around a planet.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
But something started to change around 2005.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Opinions of the rule change around baseball vary, but everyone agrees the challenge system will provide players an unprecedented ability to influence the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
But that started to change around 2015—well before the advent of OpenAI’s chatbot in late 2022 and the rush into generative AI that followed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
But something started to change around 2005.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Opinions of the rule change around baseball vary, but everyone agrees the challenge system will provide players an unprecedented ability to influence the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
But that started to change around 2015—well before the advent of OpenAI’s chatbot in late 2022 and the rush into generative AI that followed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Change around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change%20around. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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