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
Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Jobs and his team pulled off what is widely regarded as the greatest turnaround in business history.
—March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
While Clarkson was the first judge to turn around, Legend followed shortly after.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The Canes have had a drastic turnaround from last season under 37-year-old Lucas.
—Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Jobs and his team pulled off what is widely regarded as the greatest turnaround in business history.
—March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
But as soon as the beginning of April, things turn around and begin to move upward again.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
While Clarkson was the first judge to turn around, Legend followed shortly after.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnaround
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The reversals highlights how the world’s biggest energy-importing region is being particularly hard hit by the war in the Middle East and the lack of access to oil and fuel from the Persian Gulf.—
Nicholas Lua,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Scholars such as the ethnomusicologist Michael Fuhr saw K-pop as a reversal of long-standing narratives, especially in pop music, that accentuated the flow of culture from West to East.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Another key sticking point for each of the defense attorneys was a social media account the prosecution said went from an Antifa DFW account to a book club page, claiming it was changed as a disguise.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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Bozell also called for changing a land law that allows the South African government to expropriate land without compensation in some circumstances.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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The instability affecting global supply chains, like policy changes, extreme weather, fluctuating commodity prices, and surging electrification demand, means that planning for only one future is planning for failure.—
Travis Edmonds,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bonds fluctuated Friday after the weak jobs report.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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The cysts are harmless but greatly affect the guard’s range of motion, including the flexing and snapping motions necessary to take a jump shot.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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The win not only snaps a three-game losing streak but also strengthens UCF’s NCAA Tournament resume with Selection Sunday a few days away.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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According to the researchers, shifting the blockchain processes closer to the hardware level resulted in performance improvements of up to 500 times and energy efficiency gains of as much as 10,000 percent compared with conventional implementations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The Republican Party could be in danger of losing one of its two Asian American House members due to redistricting in California that shifted two Republicans into a rare incumbent vs incumbent primary.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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Most organisms use tens of thousands of protein types, and each can be mutated, modified and measured in different ways and in countless environments.—
Marc Zimmer,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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In more ways than one, this war has mutated into an ugly numbers game.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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This approach allows for ramping up or down instantly to maintain high efficiency across varying loads and perfectly match the natural, fluctuating power profile of the sun and wind.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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All were active in Los Angeles — Williams, for instance, was a pivotal designer on the LAX Theme Building — and Smith interlaces decorative flourishes in varying styles that twist around one another to work up the Legacy Tower’s pointed spheres.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Turnaround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnaround. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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