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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Recent Examples of turnabout
This is a turnabout for the agency, which joined the Fed and the FDIC in January 2023, under the Biden administration, in issuing a general caution against banks partnering with digital asset businesses or offering related services.
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Brady Dale, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
September 5 details the network turnabout that eventually led to Democrat politicians hiring former ABC News producer James Goldston in 2022 to take on Arledge’s legacy and then arrange and fabricate the J6 Select Committee hearings for primetime consumption.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 Feb. 2025
The turnabout has created a pleasing narrative for those aggrieved at scientific governance.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Daniel Webster, a leading expert on firearm policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, said the turnabout has been stunning.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Brady Dale, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
September 5 details the network turnabout that eventually led to Democrat politicians hiring former ABC News producer James Goldston in 2022 to take on Arledge’s legacy and then arrange and fabricate the J6 Select Committee hearings for primetime consumption.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 Feb. 2025
The turnabout has created a pleasing narrative for those aggrieved at scientific governance.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Daniel Webster, a leading expert on firearm policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, said the turnabout has been stunning.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnabout
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In a stunning reversal, that gargantuan mammal had caught me.—
Nina E. Cerfolio,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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In a major reversal, the federal government is restoring the records of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of international students whose entries in a crucial database the government had abruptly terminated in recent weeks, a move that had complicated their ability to stay in the country.—
Adrian Florido,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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