turn to
verb
turned to; turning to; turns to
: to apply oneself to work : act vigorously
… all hands turn to and build a church and a jail …—
Mark Twain
Mark TwainExamples of turn to in a Sentence
no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully
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When the doctors and nurses refused, the agents would turn to nursing assistants or other ancillary staff who weren’t trained to handle those requests, the doctor said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
Every day many of us turn to tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT for medical advice, legal guidance, psychological insight, educational tutoring or judgments about what is true and what is not.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Some turn to suicide, succumb to addiction, or become easy targets for those who exploit vulnerability.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
In a meta-experiment on the future of the global economy, Deutsche Bank Research Institute turned to the machine itself for answers.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
Every day many of us turn to tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT for medical advice, legal guidance, psychological insight, educational tutoring or judgments about what is true and what is not.
—Walter Quattrociocchi, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Some turn to suicide, succumb to addiction, or become easy targets for those who exploit vulnerability.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
In a meta-experiment on the future of the global economy, Deutsche Bank Research Institute turned to the machine itself for answers.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Turn to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20to. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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