turned around

Definition of turned aroundnext
past tense of turn around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned around
Verb
  • Over time, from edition to edition, the aesthetic of its illustrations changed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This loss had to be especially tough for the Jayhawks, considering a controversial holding call on KU changed the momentum of the game.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Florida State has fluctuated between big wins and crushingly close losses.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Finch cited Oklahoma City as an example of a team that changed the roles of players throughout its rotation depending on matchups, noting the minutes for Thunder Isaiah Hartenstein fluctuated.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In subsequent analyses, Sankaran found that some of these mRNAs tend to derive from genes related to cell growth and, when mutated, are linked to cancers.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 1 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, influenza A H3N2 mutated seven times over the summer, to emerge as a stronger, heartier virus, Thomas Russo, MD, professor and chief of infectious disease at the University at Buffalo in New York, tells SELF.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high seven assists, Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and the New York Knicks snapped their four-game losing streak with a 123-111 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high seven assists, Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and the New York Knicks snapped their four-game losing streak with a 123-111 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday night.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The market reaction to these hyperscalers' reports varied widely this week, and investors appear to have different reasons to be optimistic about each name.
    Alex Harring,Yun Li, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Research on the relationship between acetaminophen and Autism Spectrum Disorder has varied, but many physicians say evidence does not support a causal relationship.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In an interview with Interesting Engineering at CES, Flywing representative Troye Qu said the company intentionally shifted focus away from cameras as passive recording tools.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Good briefly put the vehicle in reverse, then shifted into drive and hit the gas, with the wheels seemingly turned to the right instead of directly ahead toward Ross.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • 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 calm that never wavered when the game tilted.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • While his faith and the belief in his abilities never wavered during the dark times the past year, Gaffney can’t help but smile.
    Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Turned around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20around. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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