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
Pakistan’s frustrations with the Taliban represent a sharp turnabout.
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Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Could an election spark such a dramatic turnabout for the nation’s entrepreneurs?
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Cease, especially, could fetch solid prospects in return, a startling turnabout for the Padres, who in recent years have been the ones shoveling promising minor leaguers from their fertile farm system to others in exchange for win-now veterans.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
This was a turnabout for a commander who, Payne notes, previously endorsed the quiet regulation of red-light areas patronized by U.S. soldiers during the Mexican border war of 1916.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Could an election spark such a dramatic turnabout for the nation’s entrepreneurs?
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
Cease, especially, could fetch solid prospects in return, a startling turnabout for the Padres, who in recent years have been the ones shoveling promising minor leaguers from their fertile farm system to others in exchange for win-now veterans.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
This was a turnabout for a commander who, Payne notes, previously endorsed the quiet regulation of red-light areas patronized by U.S. soldiers during the Mexican border war of 1916.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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