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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 hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
turned the evidence over to the police
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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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Recent Examples of turnover
Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
While reactions to the board’s decision varied, interviews with educators and community leaders revealed common concerns about Hill’s leadership style, frequent turnover within the district and the need for answers about what prompted the investigation.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The commission turned over some records but denied access to others, citing an exemption protecting trade secrets or proprietary information.
—Arkansas Online, 18 June 2026
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Noun
If found permanently in breach of the DSA, platforms face severe penalties, including fines of up to 6 percent of their total global annual turnover.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
While reactions to the board’s decision varied, interviews with educators and community leaders revealed common concerns about Hill’s leadership style, frequent turnover within the district and the need for answers about what prompted the investigation.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
Verb
Biden’s Democratic administration refused to turn over the 2017 recordings and transcripts, leading congressional Republicans to hold his attorney general, Merrick Garland, in contempt.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
The commission turned over some records but denied access to others, citing an exemption protecting trade secrets or proprietary information.
—Arkansas Online, 18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnover
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Our team has reviewed dozens of the best sheet sets over the years, and these Boll & Branch sheets are part of shopping director Rachel Fletcher’s own rotation.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2026
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Beneficiaries of the urgent, unprecedented buildout of computing capacity are carrying the indexes, with timely rotations into the broader array of stocks allowing the leaders to rest periodically.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
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Originally foreseen as the second Air Jordan of Michael’s post-player era, the Air Jordan 16 was designed by Wilson Smith III after Tinker Hatfield relinquished the reins.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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In 2023, ten years after relinquishing the kneeling figures, the Met gave a further 14 items from its collection back to Cambodia.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Making that fantasy feel believable required far more than putting Lestat in leather and handing him a microphone.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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When fans walked into Globe Life Mall, they were handed a free sleeveless replica jersey for former Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler, who happens to be Jewish.—
Mac Engel
June 18,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
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At least some of Mahajan's family managed to jump out safely, but Mahajan was still inside when the carriage clipped another horse carriage and overturned.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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As of mid-June, no state insurance AI rule has been challenged in court, let alone overturned.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Digital computers force all information processing into discrete, high-precision, clocked steps, with billions or trillions of bits flipped every second.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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But Miller credited his club for flipping the script and locking in defensively this past week.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
21 June 2026
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Shares have jumped 80% in the year to date as an ongoing memory supply crunch accelerates the adoption of lithography equipment for the production of semiconductors required to power the AI revolution.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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Issues like slow image rendering on mobile devices or videos failing to auto-crop correctly—such as losing the subject when switching between portrait and landscape views—are often perceived as minor.—
Tal Lev-Ami,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Faux snakeskin takes the place of the woven Kevlar panel that usually defines the model, while the long mudguard beneath is rendered in black nubuck.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
23 June 2026
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Yet robust economic growth has proved elusive, even as government debt has climbed, leaving successive administrations with little firepower to fix a growing list of related challenges, from crumbling infrastructure to a chronic housing shortage.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Adis does the right thing and asks to leave the boat.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
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“Turnover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnover. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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