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Recent Examples of turnabout This represents a turnabout from the pattern of the last 25 years, when there was little evident resistance from bond buyers as the U.S. government looked to borrow. Neil Irwin, Axios, 19 May 2025 The lawsuit reflects a stark philosophical turnabout from the position on gender identity issues taken during Democratic administrations. Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025 Loading your audio article OAKLAND — Less than a year after Alameda County agreed to his release from prison in an abrupt turnabout, a local resident has been charged with nine felonies in connection with a recent shooting. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025 That's a turnabout from 2022, as developers took advantage of falling equipment costs and, at least in some areas, alternatives to lengthy grid-connection queues. Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turnabout
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reversal
Noun
  • Barring drastic reversals, San Diego will cruise into its fourth postseason in six years, while the Giants will miss the postseason for the eighth time in nine years.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The president’s warm remarks were a stark reversal from just four days earlier, when Trump called for Tan’s resignation and accused him of having conflicts of interest.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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