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Recent Examples of about-face
Verb
To him, the policy about-face only reflects the importance of having a wholly homegrown chip supply chain. John Liu, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025 So why the sudden about-face on China? Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025 Zelenskyy, who has far-reaching wartime presidential powers and still enjoys broad approval among Ukrainians, was forced into a rare political about-face when his attempt to bring NABU and SAPO under the control of his prosecutor-general sparked the first nationwide protests of the war. Reuters, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025 The move will bring 35 brands to Mexico for the first time, including Isima by Shakira, Peach & Lily, Orebella, Ulta Beauty Collection, Morphe, Bubble, about-face, Ouai, Half Magic and Kitsch. Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for about-face
Recent Examples of Synonyms for about-face
Noun
  • However, big gains can follow sharp reversals – but how has LRCX behaved after prior drops?
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These processes follow the solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity on the sun when the sun's magnetic field exhibits a full magnetic reversal.
    Ryan French, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both books sold modestly, and eventually Viking let the rights revert.
    Paul Slovak September 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since pivoting from black and pinto beans to roasted and ground ones, Niccol has been trying to reverse Starbucks’s falling sales by returning to its coffeehouse origins.
    Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • While some VCs like IQ Capital have pivoted to focus more intently on defense, others are being set up in Europe purely to hunt for opportunities in the sector.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Britain is not the only country pressed into making a volte-face.
    London Business School, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The realities of Putin’s momentum, coupled with Washington’s volte-face, have led to a clear mood shift in Kyiv.
    Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • While Sainz’s in-race 10-second time addition cannot be removed from the Zandvoort results, the two penalty points that had been added to his super license along with the time penalty have now been rescinded.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But the initiative was quickly blocked in court on procedural grounds and later rescinded by the Biden administration.
    Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From there, the soft tube grows forward, automatically curving into the trachea.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The canyon-like layout consists of four spherical structures connected by curving platforms, courtyards, and pedestrian bridges; 3 of the 18 floors are below ground.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The outcomes for detainees who have been housed at the facility have taken on new significance after an appeals court overturned that earlier ruling, allowing the facility to resume operations.
    Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Now 64, Hernandez had been serving his sentence until the recent appeals court decision overturning his conviction in July.
    Adeola Adeosun Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The film bowed at SXSW in 2017.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Appearing on everything from duster coats to bow blouses to tailored trousers—here’s how to style checks for every occasion.
    Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025

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“About-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/about-face. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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