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about-faced

verb

past tense of about-face
1
as in reverted

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2
as in pivoted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for about-faced
  1. reverted
  2. pivoted
  3. backtracked
  4. bowed
  5. revoked
  6. swept
  7. overturned
  8. rounded
Verb
  • Just after Sky announced its greenlight earlier this year, Banijay and Sony entered a rights dispute revolving around Banijay believing the TV and film rights had reverted back to them since The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie aired.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The prices later reverted after public polling continued to show Paxton leading, the report also found.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of reverted
Verb
  • The veteran coach congratulated his team for the win and quickly pivoted to yelling about mental mistakes that kept Houston County in the game.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Fortune reviewed thousands of text messages exchanged between Garg and Lewis over 13 months that show how quickly the kinship between a founder and an investor who wanted to coach him pivoted into open hostility.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of pivoted
Verb
  • Seconds later, Flore backtracked, called the foul on the floor, then backtracked his backtrack and reverted to his initial call.
    — CJ Moore, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of backtracked
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  • Over the past 15 years, Da Vittorio has expanded to key international cities, from Saint Moritz, which opened in 2012, to Shanghai, which bowed in 2019.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Clancy’s father, seated in the second row directly behind his daughter, leaned forward and bowed his head.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of bowed
Verb
  • The majority of those were revoked due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity, with assault, driving under the influence, theft and drug crimes being the leading causes.
    — Louis Casiano , Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Last Wednesday, the city sent letters to the Metro Little League and the academy informing them that their access to the athletic fields was revoked.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of revoked
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  • Lots of layers frame the face, and curtain bangs can be easily swept to the side.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Nepal is recovering from devastating flooding in August that swept several villages, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and nearly 6,000 others missing.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of swept
Verb
  • And although American vagrancy laws were deemed unconstitutionally vague and overturned in 1972, police maintained the authority to make arrests based on suspicious types of nonaction.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That judgment, however, was overturned on a procedural issue.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of overturned
Verb
  • Netflix has rounded out the series regular cast for its college hockey romance drama series Icebreaker, based on Hannah Grace‘s bestselling novel.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The collection was rounded out by footwear provided by fellow niche label Michel Piza, designed by Mexican talent Paola Michel Piza.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of rounded
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“About-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/about-faced. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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