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 Zelensky was forced to make a U-turn and acknowledge public anger. —

Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026 Cardi did a U-turn in 2019, swearing off all plastic surgery and resorting to exercise instead. —

Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026 The decision is a dramatic U-turn for the agency, which, only about a week ago, had publicly rejected Moderna’s application to get the shot reviewed. —

Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026 The officer attempted to stop Dixon, who fled in the vehicle north on Mayfair Road before making a U-turn and heading west away from the officer. —

Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for U-turn

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reversal

Noun

The reversals highlights how the world’s biggest energy-importing region is being particularly hard hit by the war in the Middle East and the lack of access to oil and fuel from the Persian Gulf.

— Nicholas Lua, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Scholars such as the ethnomusicologist Michael Fuhr saw K-pop as a reversal of long-standing narratives, especially in pop music, that accentuated the flow of culture from West to East.

— Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026