as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
we were at a loss to explain this turnaround in our daughter's attitude toward her studies
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Recent Examples of turnaround
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The platform is also bringing advertisers into short-form projects, describing the format as attractive to brands that want rapid turnarounds.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 June 2026
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
More than 130 ships turned around after being ordered to do so, CENTCOM said.
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Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
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Noun
This phase is where investors often misunderstand turnarounds.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The platform is also bringing advertisers into short-form projects, describing the format as attractive to brands that want rapid turnarounds.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 June 2026
Verb
Swift then got distracted by a fan who wanted to take a selfie, as Jenner, who was at the game with her boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, turned around and continued speaking to her friends.
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Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
More than 130 ships turned around after being ordered to do so, CENTCOM said.
—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnaround
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The reversal was driven largely by Claude Code, Anthropic’s autonomous coding tool.
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The official said the demand to dismantle Black Economic Empowerment policies was viewed internally as a direct reversal of commitments made to South Africans who fought against apartheid.
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Prices and availability may change.
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But the mood quickly changed when team coach Migné’s name was announced, and the crowd responded with boos.
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This event created a lot of attention among radio astronomers, who, over the years, found many other bright, rapidly fluctuating sources.
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Surcharges–a cost added by some airlines into tickets to offset the fluctuating cost of jet fuel–have also impacted American consumers.
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Playing the Atlanta Dream, the Eastern Conference’s top team, Golden State hit 15 3-pointers to cruise to a 77-66 win at home and snap its two-game losing streak.
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Name something worse than going to snap a photo of the beach, only to figure out that your phone’s battery is dead.
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At this World Cup, Team Melli has been subjected to shifting travel restrictions and uncertainty unlike the other 47 teams, spending the tournament commuting between Southern California and its base in Tijuana.
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Quiet environments act as a physiological brake, allowing the body to shift into a restorative mode.
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The finding came from a study in which van der Weyden and other scientists across the world investigated cancer-causing genes in tumor samples of nearly 500 domestic cats -- specifically which genes were commonly mutated.
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The company has mutated into something that defies both comparison and logic.
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That out-of-pocket structure also helps explain why pricing varies so widely from clinic to clinic.
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In healthy individuals, the makeup of the gut microbiome can vary significantly due to factors such as geography, lifestyle, diet and genetics.
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“Turnaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnaround. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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