as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnabout
reversal
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What followed the takeover can only be described as a total reversal of the progress made in the country during the twenty years of the Afghan Republic, and the return of terror.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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For President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune.—
Josh Wingrove,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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