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
After stopping at a traffic signal, the driver of the Nissan made a U-turn and hit the victim’s vehicle, police said.
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Launching early in the year, the three Americans and one Canadian will zip past the moon, do a U-turn behind it, then hustle straight back to Earth to close out their 10-day mission.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Cats had previously been excluded from the list, which includes species such as stoats, ferrets, weasels, rats and possums, but Potaka used the interview to announce a U-turn.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Driver says federal narrative is false As the large hit-and-run vehicle made a U-turn, another unmarked SUV suddenly appeared and blocked both lanes.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
Launching early in the year, the three Americans and one Canadian will zip past the moon, do a U-turn behind it, then hustle straight back to Earth to close out their 10-day mission.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
Cats had previously been excluded from the list, which includes species such as stoats, ferrets, weasels, rats and possums, but Potaka used the interview to announce a U-turn.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
Driver says federal narrative is false As the large hit-and-run vehicle made a U-turn, another unmarked SUV suddenly appeared and blocked both lanes.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for U-turn
reversal
Noun
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To the contrary, though the film is frequently funny, Brewer takes their ambitions and reversals seriously.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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State officials said Thursday that the FBI would be solely in charge of Wednesday's deadly encounter, in a reversal from earlier beliefs that the probe would be a dual federal-state effort.—
Maggie Vespa,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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“U-turn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/U-turn. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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