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volte-faces

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a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite the novelist's unexpected volte-face from experimentalism to traditional narrative form

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Teams that build this habit often experience fewer decision reversals over a four-quarter cycle.

— Janet M Harvey, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The United States is in the grips of one of the most drastic reversals of green energy infrastructure currently underway on our increasingly warm world.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 9 July 2026

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