turn to
verb
turned to; turning to; turns to
: to apply oneself to work : act vigorously
all hands turn to and build a church and a jail—
Mark Twain
Mark TwainExamples of turn to in a Sentence
no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully
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Lammers Ritchson’s comments then turned to genuine praise of Sten.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The team then turned to pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass-spectrometry—a technique that identifies compounds by first using heat to break them down into smaller molecules—which helped identify even smaller particles known as nanoplastics.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Some people have turned to buying a house in one of the unlikeliest places: Amazon.
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As the years passed, clashes escalated and the death toll mounted, the PKK increasingly turned to militancy.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The team then turned to pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass-spectrometry—a technique that identifies compounds by first using heat to break them down into smaller molecules—which helped identify even smaller particles known as nanoplastics.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Some people have turned to buying a house in one of the unlikeliest places: Amazon.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2025
As the years passed, clashes escalated and the death toll mounted, the PKK increasingly turned to militancy.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Turn to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20to. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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