turned around

Definition of turned aroundnext
past tense of turn around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned around
Verb
  • Republicans changed Medi-Cal eligibility — which includes imposing work requirements on many recipients — in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to an extent the Legislative Analyst’s Office says will kick millions of people off the insurance roles.
    Andrew Graham March 9, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • While student enrollment dropped by about 38,000 over the last ten years, staffing numbers barely changed.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Bonds fluctuated Friday after the weak jobs report.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Stock futures remained lower and Treasury yields fluctuated after the report.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • In more ways than one, this war has mutated into an ugly numbers game.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Stuelke was scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting and had only three rebounds as Iowa’s eight-game winning streak was snapped.
    Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The security guard had snapped a photo of the toddler and the woman accompanying her.
    Sydney Page The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Piedmont’s data shows the overall winter season was colder in several months compared with the previous winter, though the differences varied by month.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The fight While punishments for people who've caused fatal crashes while high have varied wildly from state to state, Resecker's sentence stands out for being unusually tough, especially given his young age, according to a USA TODAY review of similar cases.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Each is a possible candidate to be shifted to the state.
    Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Apple just unveiled a series of new devices and upgrades, but the focus has shifted almost immediately to what lies ahead.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite.
    Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Bulls never wavered from that ethos.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Prices have wavered since then, and gold’s value hovered below $5,200 an ounce on March 6.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Turned around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20around. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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