flip-flopped

Definition of flip-floppednext
past tense of flip-flop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip-flopped
Verb
  • In January, Meta fired 10 percent of the Reality Labs unit, or about 1,500 employees, and this month waffled on shutting the whole thing down.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Dietary recommendations have waffled over time.
    Tania Fabo, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Brooks, for his part, equivocated … A bout of frantic rebranding ensued.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Brooks, for his part, equivocated.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Sharks created chances, but too often eschewed shots for an extra pass.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • McLane’s character provides endless allegory for the music industry dynamics that Crockett has eschewed over his two-decade career.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Over the years, more and more students have hedged their bets on a graduate degree to boost their salaries.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The attachment to a communications consulting and strategy business creates the risk of conflicts of interest — or, even worse in the world of chat shows, that opinions will get hedged.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This was an incredibly complex and dangerous operation for the rescue team and for that missing Air Force aviator who had evaded capture behind enemy lines for days.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Kiki Rice then hit a series of free throws and UCLA evaded Texas’ fourth-quarter comeback effort after the Longhorns went on a 12-2 run.
    Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • When Bradford delivered the detail about the sandwich, the board and attendees laughed and shook their heads.
    Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Stocks shook off an early stumble to finish with slim gains on Wall Street Thursday and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war.
    Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Reportedly shunned by festivals like Sundance and SXSW last year and ignored by distributors, this provocative chamber drama finally gets a theatrical release from a fledgling shingle, Obscured Releasing, this spring.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Graham eventually created a work called Heretic about a nonconformist woman who is shunned by her community.
    Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
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“Flip-flopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip-flopped. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.

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