change around
idiom
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or British change round
: to change the order or positions of the parts of (something)
When I got back everything in my office had been changed around.
I had to change the schedule round a little.
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In 2025, Lee will be working towards policy change around social indicators for young men in lower socioeconomic conditions, and scaling to work of Male Allies UK in training 50,000 men around gender equity and allyship.
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Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
O’Connor said the administration’s abrupt policy change around hybrid work has heightened the sensitivity of other issues the union is negotiating with the state, such as salaries.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The rocks forming the outer shell of Earth are chemically very distinct from Earth’s mantle, and geologists are yet not sure what triggered this change around 4 to 3 billion years ago.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The ad flashes through the lives of a series of young women, as the narrator, a scientist, laments how the planet will change around them.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
O’Connor said the administration’s abrupt policy change around hybrid work has heightened the sensitivity of other issues the union is negotiating with the state, such as salaries.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
The rocks forming the outer shell of Earth are chemically very distinct from Earth’s mantle, and geologists are yet not sure what triggered this change around 4 to 3 billion years ago.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
The ad flashes through the lives of a series of young women, as the narrator, a scientist, laments how the planet will change around them.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Change around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change%20around. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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