turns around

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn around
as in changes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turns around
  1. changes
  2. fluctuates
  3. shifts
  4. varies
  5. snaps
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  • The trackpad changes more noticeably; in part to make room for the bigger battery, Framework has shifted from a trackpad with a physical clicking mechanism to a haptic trackpad that uses vibrations to simulate clicking.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026
  • From Outside Support to Lasting Capability Private equity firms understand that performance improves only when behavior changes.
    — Peter Follows, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of changes
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  • Over time, that consistency becomes the difference between growth that fluctuates and growth that compounds.
    — Don Dodds, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The look fluctuates as the show’s emphasis shifts from land to land.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of fluctuates
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  • This discussion point also shifts the conversation from staying in the past towards the future.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The film joins Totem’s sales slate as the company shifts its primary focus to production.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
Definition of shifts
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  • School starts in less than a month across all of South Florida's counties — although the exact date varies by district.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • Chris Thompson, chief executive of the security firm RemoteThreat, told TechCrunch that guardrail behavior on frontier models varies from day to day, including inside the vetted programs the labs run for cyber work.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of varies
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  • Trotter has been a capable backup and has totaled 627 special teams snaps in two seasons.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • And Lloyd hopes the soft tissue injuries that limited him to one game and 10 total snaps his first two seasons are a thing of the past.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of snaps
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