1
as in reverse
a change in status for the worse usually temporarily
the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal
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as in turnaround
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process
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Recent Examples of reversal
Even the accompanying food pyramid reflects the reversal, appearing almost entirely inverted from earlier versions.
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Some nutrition and diet experts, however, questioned other recommendations, including consuming red meat and full-fat dairy, a reversal of past nutrition guidance.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
According to Anna Koplos-Villanueva, the coalition’s executive director, its outreach activities were responsible for half of all reversals of fentanyl overdoses across Santa Cruz County in 2023.
—Albert Chern, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
The city’s and county’s outreach efforts have expanded to include testing illicit street narcotics for their ingredients and potency, and making overdose-reversal medications more widely available in areas where opioid use is most common.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
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Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Some nutrition and diet experts, however, questioned other recommendations, including consuming red meat and full-fat dairy, a reversal of past nutrition guidance.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
According to Anna Koplos-Villanueva, the coalition’s executive director, its outreach activities were responsible for half of all reversals of fentanyl overdoses across Santa Cruz County in 2023.
—Albert Chern, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
The city’s and county’s outreach efforts have expanded to include testing illicit street narcotics for their ingredients and potency, and making overdose-reversal medications more widely available in areas where opioid use is most common.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversal
Noun
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Good first put her vehicle in reverse, and then accelerated forward.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Becca Good pulls on the passenger side door to try and get in, and the vehicle briefly moves in reverse.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
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Head coach Curt Cignetti has left the college football world breathless with a dramatic turnaround of the Hoosiers program, going from one of the losingest teams in the Big 10 to potentially the most dominant single-season of all time.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, the Lake Worth school district will operate as normal and focus on implementing a comprehensive turnaround plan focused on foundational literacy and math, officials said.—
Samuel O'Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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Backups Jaylon Moore and Wanya Morris suffered setbacks in subsequent weeks, pushing the Chiefs down to their last options at tackle on the depth chart.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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But just as everything falls into place, a work idea backfires, and the fallout cascades into heartbreak and career setbacks.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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Fossil fuel production is still increasing, driving up planet-warming pollution; the United States is in climate denial mode; and turbulent geopolitics have pushed the climate crisis down the agenda and into the culture wars.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Neither is convinced by Nixon’s denials of wrongdoing during Watergate.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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The rapid turnabout raises questions about the status of the investigation and the community’s safety three days after a suspect opened fire on the Ivy League campus, killing two students and injuring nine others.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
16 Dec. 2025
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That decline, a sharp turnabout from October, was led by businesses with fewer than 50 workers, which saw their payroll numbers sink by 120,000.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Britain is not the only country pressed into making a volte-face.—
London Business School,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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The Balenciaga tunics seemed similarly austere, until the models did an about-face, revealing a slit that sagged open seductively.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez, 36, offered her own explanation for Greene's apparent political about-face.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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In his view, hesitation invites escalation.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
semafor.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Despite some analyst hesitation that the popular running brands may be losing some of their steam in the market, both labels posted stellar earnings in their most recent quarterly reports.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Reversal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reversal. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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