for a change
idiom
: as something different from what is usual
Let's eat out for a change.
Why don't you help me out for a change instead of me always helping you?!
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As the Dodgers players celebrated their World Series title Saturday on the field at the Rogers Centre, some fans took to social media to call for a change in Major League Baseball.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Bill Gates is calling for a change in the fight against climate change by shifting the focus away from reducing carbon emissions to fighting poverty and preventing disease and hunger.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
While many citizens had hoped for a change, the results confirm continuity with the old guard rather than a shift.
—Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Calls to change how COLA is calculated Several analysts and elder-advocacy groups are calling for a change in how the COLA is calculated because the current adjustment does not reflect retirees’ realities.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
Bill Gates is calling for a change in the fight against climate change by shifting the focus away from reducing carbon emissions to fighting poverty and preventing disease and hunger.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
While many citizens had hoped for a change, the results confirm continuity with the old guard rather than a shift.
—Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Calls to change how COLA is calculated Several analysts and elder-advocacy groups are calling for a change in how the COLA is calculated because the current adjustment does not reflect retirees’ realities.
—Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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“For a change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20change. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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