as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
employees regarded the latest turnabout as a sure sign that management hadn't a clue as to what it was doing
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The rapid turnabout raises questions about the status of the investigation and the community’s safety three days after a suspect opened fire on the Ivy League campus, killing two students and injuring nine others.
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
That decline, a sharp turnabout from October, was led by businesses with fewer than 50 workers, which saw their payroll numbers sink by 120,000.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
The bread-and-butter advantage among Democrats marked a sharp turnabout.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
The turnabout would come as no surprise to old-timers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 1 July 2024
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025
That decline, a sharp turnabout from October, was led by businesses with fewer than 50 workers, which saw their payroll numbers sink by 120,000.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025
The bread-and-butter advantage among Democrats marked a sharp turnabout.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
The turnabout would come as no surprise to old-timers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnabout
reversal
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Lyft launched Lyft Teen on Monday, a feature that allows 13- to 17-year-olds to hail rides on the app, a reversal of the company’s policy requiring adult supervision for minors.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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And former President Joe Biden made naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, available over the counter.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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