turnovers

noun

plural of turnover
as in rotations

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Recent Examples of turnovers New England was +3 in turnovers, while Seattle was -3, ranking them both in the middle of the turnover differential pack. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnovers
  1. rotations
  2. revolutions
  3. loops
  4. series
Noun
  • Rosters have turned over through the transfer portal, freshmen are playing their first college minutes and rotations are still getting sorted out.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Tobe Awaka is the only player who has earned Splitter’s complete approval, earning every minute he’s given on the court through tireless effort to claim any and all rebounds during his rotations.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of rotations
Noun
  • Their palms, pressed in turmeric, became a blur of orange as their revolutions increased in speed and the curtain rose.
    — Keith McDermott, Vanity Fair, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Major technology revolutions have always triggered dramatic boom-bust cycles.
    — RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolutions
Noun
  • Its stated goal is to build continuous defensive loops that find and fix weaknesses before attackers do.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Rhythms lapse into funky half time for a moment, then get sucked back into warp speed; loops bounce and jitter across the stereo field.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • The team trails 2-1 in the series and will look to even the series before the Finals return to San Francisco for game five on Monday night.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The six-episode, 30-minutes-per-episode series is as breezy as the Irish coast’s weather.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of series

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“Turnovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnovers. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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