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
  • Those rotations have the second, sixth, seventh and 11th best ERAs in the league.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Its self-cleaning roller mop scrubs with 18 newtons of downward pressure while spinning at 300 rotations per minute.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of rotations
Noun
  • In the dot-com and digital revolutions that followed, many of the people who sold the hardware, coded the software, and built the platforms were seen as iconoclasts themselves.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For comparison, regular drone propellers can rotate at several thousand revolutions per minute.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of revolutions
Noun
  • Johnson frequently uses his saxophone to control a sampler or drum machine, triggering changes in loops and effects, but the technology is ultimately subordinate to physical expression.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Often rapping over drumless loops, Elsesser took inspiration from Yasiin Bey and the late Ka, the Brownsville MC and producer who spent his days as an FDNY captain and nights as a pillar of hip-hop’s avant-garde.
    — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of loops
Noun
  • But the Phillies can carry 14 position players in a three-game series.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The bloodied Hoover did not miss a play on the series and wound up going 13 of 16 for 231 yards with 4 touchdowns and no turnovers in his Indiana debut.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of series

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