turns around

Definition of turns aroundnext
present tense third-person singular of turn around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns around
Verb
  • Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the National University of Singapore now report a method that changes those constraints.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That fundamentally changes the risk profile of building a business alone.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Most astronomers believe its diameter fluctuates from about 400 million miles to over 800 million miles.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
  • That leaves 28,461 vehicles – although that number fluctuates daily – eligible to be towed, Knox said in an email.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The camera then shifts away for a moment to a snowbank.
    Kif Leswing,Terri Cullen, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • In the event of an impact, the vehicle’s safety system automatically shifts the seats into a safer rearward position while deploying the helmet airbag at the same time as the side airbags, helping to reduce the risk of head and upper-body injuries.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • But the cross-section of those neutrinos, which is directly related to your probability of having a neutrino interact with another quantum of energy, varies by nearly 30 orders of magnitude over that energy range.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies.
    Jennifer Sangalang, Florida Times-Union, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The tree snaps vertically to relieve the pressure.
    Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s film uses drone footage and re-enactments to tell the story of eight passengers dangling from a cable car over a ravine after a wire snaps.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Turns around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turns%20around. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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