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
Verb
  • The small business, incorporated in 2017, changed its name from Hanes Road Carryout to Beaver’s Mini Mart in January 2025, according to the paperwork.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Stanford is his first college coaching job, but Richard said his approach hasn’t changed.
    — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of changed
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  • Brent’s price fluctuated between $72 and $102 last month on halting talks between the United States and Iran.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The investigation found that prices fluctuated by as much as 23%, and could cost families more than $1,200 a year.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 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
Verb
  • The victory snapped a streak that had beguiled the second-year franchise even in the midst of an unprecedented level of success for an expansion team in the WNBA.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Cramer’s comments Tuesday came shortly after Nvidia snapped a seven-session losing streak, its longest slump since September 2022.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of snapped
Verb
  • The narrative is punctuated by prose-poems about the water conditions during her swims, which varied enormously from day to day and month to month, sometimes exquisite, sometimes terrifying.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • How far back that recovery can reach has varied from case to case.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of varied
Verb
  • This June, his administration largely shifted special-education oversight to HHS and the Office for Civil Rights to the Department of Justice.
    — Claire Sibonney, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The cancellation came 10 days after Maersk shifted two other sailings on the Northern Star service—the Seaspan Guayaquil and AS California—from Shanghai to Xiamen.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of shifted
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • At times, Arizona has wavered between the NL’s second and third wild-card spots; however, after going 5-5 over its past 10 games, the team is on the outside looking in, sitting one game back of the San Diego Padres.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Trump has wavered on the issue, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said that the strait must return to being an open and free waterway.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of wavered
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