turned around

verb

past tense of turn around
as in changed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned around
  1. changed
  2. fluctuated
  3. mutated
  4. snapped
  5. varied
  6. shifted
  7. metamorphosed
  8. wavered
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  • What changed in the past generation is that companies other than banks and consulting firms have disappeared from campus recruiting, and colleges have allowed a recruiting race to the bottom in return.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of changed
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  • Tensions have fluctuated, but have been high since independence-leaning Tsai Ing-wen was elected Taiwan's president in 2016, and China cut off official contact.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Although China and North Korea share a border and are both communist states, their relationship has fluctuated over the nearly eight decades since the two countries were founded.
    — ZHENG JIYONG, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fluctuated
Verb
  • Of these, 16 of them proved to be viable and able to kill certain strains of Escherichia coli—including strains of the bacterium that had mutated to be resistant to the original reference genome of ΦX174.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The causes of superhero fatigue — which have recently arguably mutated into full-on franchise fatigue for many properties — have been endlessly discussed.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutated
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  • Elly De La Cruz drove in automatic runner Matt McLain with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning as the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 comeback win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Saturday’s win at Fenway Park snapped the A’s nine-game losing streak, their second such streak in a month, and the team won the series with another victory on Sunday.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of snapped
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  • Others varied the potatoes and went with diced frozen ones or crispy tots.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The dozens of similar shows that have followed, many of them starring Kidman as well—she can also be found in The Undoing, Expats, Nine Perfect Strangers, and The Perfect Couple—have varied in quality.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of varied
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  • This stubbornness could cost Republicans another seat, as the Cook Political Report has shifted the race to a toss-up over the scandal.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The company has increasingly shifted toward defense manufacturing, using robotic 3D printing to produce drone hulls and full-scale boat structures, reports Defence Blog.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 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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  • The walls were seamless sheets of wood that wavered in candlelight.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • My love of mangoes has never wavered, following me into my adulthood.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of wavered
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