as in going (to)
to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage
no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully
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Finance companies and consulting firms also use the program, which makes tens of thousands of visas available via a lottery.—
Sankalp Phartiyal,
Fortune,
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Their model is a bit like a student consulting a textbook to write a paper rather than writing from memory.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Turning (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turning%20%28to%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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