TURNS AROUND Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

turns around

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn around

as in changes

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Beyond internal efficiency, the unit changes how heavy home loads receive power during an emergency.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
But remember, November cannot be, and will not be, what changes America.

— Seth Limmer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of changes

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The reason is related to the price of natural gas that fluctuates, leading to high charges on bills, like in the past, or credits that are expected to last for a one-year period until next May.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
Locking in flexible covenant thresholds during healthy quarters protects operational sovereignty when revenue fluctuates temporarily.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of fluctuates

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Their goal was for the album to tell a story of radicalization, following a protagonist who shifts from complacency to an awareness of injustice and institutional oppression, and ultimately resolves to act against it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
This then shifts the star’s color away from the more typical orange, white, and blue.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifts

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Sentence length varies between English, Italian, French, Spanish.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
The exact number varies greatly depending on what type of hardware is inside a data center, where it's built, and what method is used to cool the servers and the building as a whole.

— Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

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