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turn over

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verb

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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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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
In fact, the only one who really stopped the Ravens on Sunday was the Ravens, with the one turnover and litany of penalties. Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Jobe artfully got both feet in bounds to secure the turnover, and the 13-10 victory for Seattle. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
The Justice Department has lost 23 lower-court cases trying to force states to turn over the voter lists. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 That phrase has been turning over in my head, after AI researcher Jacob Coxon’s bombshell resignation from Anthropic. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turnover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnover
Noun
  • And Marcelin, who had worked his way into the linebacker rotation early in his sophomore year, was tied for third on the team with nine tackles through three games.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Summer frocks remain on rotation, made appropriate for the season by thin sweaters and leather boots, while sandals pair with mini skirts and mocknecks.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Underhill ended the discussion by proposing that Diamantis relinquish the Greek passport to the court when it was returned to him.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Some insiders believed that the studio would ultimately relinquish the film and return rights to the movie to its producers.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The European Commission’s requirement of a 40% reduction in emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles by 2030 also risks handing Chinese manufacturers an opening, according to Daniela Costa, Goldman Sachs’ head of European capital goods research.
    Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Plates and cake forks were distributed by a young waitress also borrowed from Lyons, from the Corner House on Coventry Street, who cut the cakes and handed round slices to the judges.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His appellate legal team has been aggressively searching for any and every legal avenue that would overturn the judge’s sentence, nullify the jury’s guilty verdict, or even discredit the very criminal law that Combs was prosecuted under.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Knauss also shared photos of the devastation from the hurricane, which showed chairs overturned in the sanctuary and pools of water that damaged every corner of the facility.
    Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Plenty of Eighties folks heard this song, or saw the video, and flipped for their new favorite band.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Surpassing one of these limits isn’t a recipe for automatic doom, like flipping a switch.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • One of the most challenging blind spots in modern leadership is learning how to guide our own internal systems through whirlwind revolutions, life transitions and change.
    Patrick Murphy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • One of my hobbies is to read first-party, contemporaneous accounts of previous technological revolutions.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There are plenty of jump scares, to be sure, but also hilarious moments that play like deadpan one-liners rendered in visual terms.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • According to new Gallup polling, 27% of US workers worry that technology will render their jobs obsolete, a new high.
    Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • To do so means leaving behind a life that job-seekers spend months, if not years, navigating administrative hurdles to attain.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Marlins closer Pete Fairbanks started the ninth, but walked leadoff hitter Gabriel Moreno and threw one pitch to Geraldo Perdomo before leaving with an apparent injury.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Turnover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnover. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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