for a change
idiom
: as something different from what is usual
Let's eat out for a change.
Why don't you help me out for a change instead of me always helping you?!
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How nice that for a change, the valuation is reciprocal.
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Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
After ten years with one theme, however, Oda is ready for a change.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
And this one is located in Beverly Hills for a change.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024
Under the slogan Canary Islands has a limit, residents demonstrated simultaneously in Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and El Hierro and called for a change in the tourism model for the islands.
—Borja Suarez, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
After ten years with one theme, however, Oda is ready for a change.
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
And this one is located in Beverly Hills for a change.
—Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024
Under the slogan Canary Islands has a limit, residents demonstrated simultaneously in Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and El Hierro and called for a change in the tourism model for the islands.
—Borja Suarez, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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“For a change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20change. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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