TURNED AROUND Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

turned around

verb

past tense of turn around

as in changed

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That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of changed

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Most critics either loved it or hated it, and they were split right down the middle, with a Tomatometer rating that has fluctuated around 50% since the film’s release.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
In the western state of Táchira, the cuts fluctuated between 34 and 58 hours per week.

— Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fluctuated

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Nowadays, the concept has mutated into something more like a full RV kitchen without the RV (or outside the RV), sometimes packed into a box burly enough to survive an active war zone.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
The Clash’s original line-up soldiered on until 1982, by which time punk rock had mutated into post-punk and new wave.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of mutated

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There were big things in antiquity—the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico; the Colossus of Rhodes, which stood at two thirds the height of the Statue of Liberty until an earthquake snapped it at the knees in 226 BCE—but there weren’t many of them.

— Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
New York's Alexis Lafrenière had a six-game point streak snapped.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of snapped

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Coaching was the most common answer in each country, but its prominence varied.

— Gustavo E. Fischman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The same meta-analysis found that some associations varied by age and by whether passive use happened in general social media feeds or inside smaller online groups.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of varied

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Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted Ohio’s gubernatorial race toward Democratic candidate Amy Acton on Friday after a week of backlash over an ad Republican Vivek Ramaswamy ran featuring her estranged mother.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
The risk shifted to Utah's southeast, where streams ran fast and high.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifted

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In the space of eight years, Tems has metamorphosed from one-to-watch to global megastar.

— Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026
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

Definition of metamorphosed

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In an interview with The New York Times, Gibney confirmed that Universal Pictures wavered in planning the doc’s overseas release.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
The Brewers fell behind 4-0 in the second inning after Shohei Ohtani's three-run blast, but the team never wavered.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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