TURNED AROUND Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

turned around

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past tense of turn around

as in changed

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But a lot has changed for the better on the South Side since then.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Don pioneered innovations in projection technology, 3D and large-format filmmaking, and immersive attractions that changed how audiences experience stories.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 July 2026

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This sense of optimism fluctuated significantly until June 2023, when the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Biden’s first attempt at relieving student loan debt sent public opinion into a tailspin.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Until this past Supreme Court term, emergency applications fluctuated year to year but showed no clear upward trend.

— Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 1 July 2026

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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.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
The company has mutated into something that defies both comparison and logic.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026

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That number varied modestly from the 1980s through the early 2000s, owing in no small part to a waning interest in socialism generally.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Productivity varied based on the scribe’s skill, attention to detail, page size, and writing style.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of varied

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Their efforts have shifted the needle; the US last year recorded a jump in its greenhouse gas emissions, driven in large part by power plants burning more coal.

— Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
So now the narrative has shifted to the Sussexes not being interested in a meeting, but a picture.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026

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What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026
The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of metamorphosed

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Amateur cartographers released homemade maps of potential upzoned areas, while some cities wavered over whether their stops would be included or not.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Steve Tew, district attorney for Ouachita and Morehouse parishes, has never wavered in his insistence that Duncan was guilty of murder and that he should be put to death.

— Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 29 June 2026

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