as in going (to)
to use or seek out as a source of aid, relief, or advantage
no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully
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But a new report by AARP and the consulting firm ATI Advisory concludes that while the number of providers taking advantage of the new billing opportunities is slowly growing, overall participation remains vanishingly small.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026 -
The implication is that the consulting industry’s survival isn’t threatened by AI per se — it’s threatened by consulting firms that mistake access to AI for expertise itself.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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“Turning (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turning%20%28to%29. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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