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as in rotation

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verb

1
as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak

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2
as in to hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another turned the evidence over to the police

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3
as in to overturn
to turn on one's side or upside down don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself

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4
as in to flip
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing would you mind turning the picture over so I can see if the backing needs to be replaced

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Recent Examples of turnover
Noun
Because the district is large, there is a certain level of turnover each year. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 Offshore call centers introduce high operational costs, including management overhead, telephony infrastructure, turnover and training—all costs that compound quickly at scale. — Chao-Ping Wu, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Verb
On July 9, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez sent a letter to Blanche saying that the state had been waiting more than 130 days for the Department of Justice to turn over unredacted records for its state-level Epstein investigation. — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 16 July 2026 Showing the kind of humility that one just doesn’t see in the music business — or, all too often, in any business at all — Frank turned over the last part of the main set to fellow CCM troubadour Cory Asbury. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for turnover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnover
  1. rotation
  2. relinquish
  3. hand
  4. overturn
  5. flip
  6. revolution
  7. render
  8. leave
Noun
  • Fedorov, previously Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation, had been in the job for just six months and was popular among troops for improving pay and frontline rotations.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The Braves have reset their rotation coming out of the All-Star Break.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of rotation
Verb
  • Going down the cap-room road, however, would require Atlanta to relinquish Dort, CJ McCollum and Jock Landale after the season.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • In 2021, the unnamed collector who bought them voluntarily relinquished for repatriation nearly three dozen Cambodian and Southeast Asian antiquities purchased from Latchford between 2003 and 2007.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of relinquish
Verb
  • In that case, Canada lost six points, while their coach, Bev Priestman, along with analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mander, were handed a one-year ban from football by FIFA.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Gacic handed the officer a plastic bag containing a schoolmaster snapper and two lobster, according to the report.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
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  • However, this theory has also been challenged by physicists who argue that the force of methane bubbles is unlikely to be powerful enough to overturn a ship.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
  • The referee pointed straight to the spot and there was no chance the video assistant referee (VAR) was going to overturn it.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of overturn
Verb
  • Half a century later, Andy Warhol’s factory flipped this theory on its head.
    — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
  • As the record flips from the rushes of lust to crushing emotional collapse, the tone shifts.
    — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Definition of flip
Noun
  • Andrew Garfield trades modern superheroes for medieval revolution in the trailer for The Uprising, Paul Greengrass’ historical drama inspired by England’s 1381 peasant revolt.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • If those confirm the lab numbers, CAU-10-H could become a key piece of the MOF revolution, pulling drinking water from the sky wherever the rain no longer falls.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 July 2026
Definition of revolution
Verb
  • Even for those in the financial ‘elite’ that Newcastle hope to join soon, vast transfer spending has rendered sales increasingly integral.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • New state-level AI laws face significant enforcement challenges, rendering many ineffective.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of render
Verb
  • Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • That leaves the amusement park on the border of the Carolinas in Charlotte and Rock Hill without one of its signature attractions at the height of its busy summer season.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
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