as in reversals
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
the candidate's frequent about-faces on issues disturbs many voters
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Still, big gains can be followed by sharp reversals—so how has FFIV behaved after prior drops?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025 -
The data marked one of the first reversals after more than a decade of increasing despair.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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The deduction and the phase-out levels will increase by 1% a year until 2029, when the cap reverts back to the original $10,000.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The central Largo movement pivots around a clash of B-minor and B-major chords, with the latter repeatedly struggling to win out over the former.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Tesla's board earlier this year approved an interim compensation package for Musk worth about $29 billion in restricted stock, designed to keep him at the helm through at least 2030 as the company pivots to an AI-first strategy.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The operations in Boston and Chicago are modeled after the June immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The council vote came a day after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority lifted a restraining order issued by a lower court that prohibited federal agents conducting immigration sweeps from stopping people based solely on their race, language, job or location.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The appeal rounds off a history of volatility surrounding the law since its debut on the House floor in early 2024.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Sep. 2025
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This summer rounds out with one more celestial moonwalk, which promises to shake up our lives — but in a fun and exciting way.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
4 Sep. 2025
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This model reverses rural brain drain by creating career pathways that allow young people to access high-tech opportunities without leaving their communities.—
Alison Griffin,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That could change if ACIP reverses Kennedy's restriction when the committee meets later this month, but that may be unlikely.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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This Hulu series, which bows season five in September, brings together the lovable misfits of the Arcadia, a grand apartment building in New York City where way too many people get murdered.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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His new film, The Christophers, which bows in Toronto’s Special Presentations section, was made entirely outside the system.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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This happens because the material’s own magnetization (usually from electron spin) bends the motion of electrons.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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But Sex and the City bends to no rules!—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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“About-faces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/about-faces. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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