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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In hindsight, the Chicks—the Dixie Chicks until the band changed its name in 2020—were practically engineered to stand in opposition to the country establishment.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026
DuVernay makes history organic by capturing how the very texture of people’s lives was changed by the law.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of changed

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The number of servers running the software has fluctuated from 19,000 in the week following the patch to about 12,000 in the weeks following that.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
Since then, the results have fluctuated between middling and downright putrid, and entering this year, Aranda was said to be on his last leg.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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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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All of the subsequent releases have varied in proof and age, but all have been drawn from barrels aged at Camp Nelson in an attempt to highlight what effect that environment has on the whiskey.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2026
Their reactions varied, but skewed very positive; all, with the exception of Neon and Mubi, eventually passed.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of varied

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In the years that followed, American comedy’s center of gravity, both in hip performance venues and onscreen, shifted to improvisation.

— Dan Brooks, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Once the Mizzou running game got consistent positive yards in the second half, the Tigers’ play-calling shifted to feature that aspect of their offense.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 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

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