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Recent Examples of turndown
Noun
The DoubleTree Cookie debuted in 1986, and was placed in guestrooms as part of turndown service. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2025 Wellness is also sprinkled throughout the stay in other ways outside of Thistle, like the welcome ritual and the nightly turndown service. Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2025
Verb
We'd been nominated so many times before, and we'd been turned down all those times. Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025 Anadarko had chosen to sell to Chevron when Oxy came back with a larger $38 billion offer that included much more cash—too good for Anadarko to turn down. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turndown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turndown
Noun
  • That refusal is the through-line.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
  • This scene played out repeatedly during the couple’s travels across Europe, Alaska and beyond – a testament not only to human kindness but to their spirit and refusal to let Trish’s multiple sclerosis stop them from traveling.
    Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • My adoptive parents had refused to allow contact or send pictures, and didn’t tell me about her attempt to communicate with us for years after the fact.
    Nicole Chung, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Federal officials refused to return him, accusing him of being a gang member, despite judges’ orders that he should be sent back to the United States.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Combining rigorous research and captivating narration, Kateryna Zarembo debunks common myths about the region, such as its long-standing gravitation towards Russia and its rejection of everything Ukrainian.
    Nelly Klos September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Named after the island’s Indigenous name, Rapa Nui, the drug rapamycin was initially developed as an immunosuppressant to prevent organ transplant rejection and to improve the efficacy of stents to treat coronary artery disease.
    Ted Powers, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In a June ruling, a three-judge Kansas Court of Appeals panel rejected Kobach’s arguments in no uncertain terms.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For Avraham Burg, an author and former speaker of Israel’s parliament who has become a prominent critic, what lies behind this state of denial in many Jewish Israelis goes far beyond media influence.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • After weeks of obfuscation and denial, the Chinese government suddenly shut down the city of Wuhan and surrounding regions to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And some items, though limited, have seen prices decline, including Graeter’s Black Raspberry Chocolate Chip ice cream, Montgomery Inn’s full rack of ribs, Pringles potato chips and Red and Blue Bicycle Playing cards (though a standard deck has risen 11% in line with the overall index.
    Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix has declined to comment on Musk’s campaign.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Science scores were also mixed between grades, with 5th graders passing up 1%, 8th graders down 2% and high schoolers down 3%.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • For Stolarz, the chance at financial certainty for a career that began way back in 2012, when he was drafted in the second round by the Philadelphia Flyers, was too much to pass up.
    Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Turndown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turndown. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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