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as in to swing
to change the course or direction of (something)
the dog turned the stampeding flock of sheep around he turned his cart uphill
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as in to revolve
to move in circles around an axis or center
the wheels turned, but the car was hopelessly stuck and wasn't moving
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as in to ponder
to give serious and careful thought to
turned the question every which way but could find no answer
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as in walk
a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure
would you care to take a turn around the garden?
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as in kindness
an act of kind assistance
one good turn deserves another
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as in tendency
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
an adventurous turn of mind that led him toward more physical activities like biking and skateboarding
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as in bend
something that curves or is curved
right after this turn in the road you'll find the antiques shop on the right
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as in bout
a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder
a sudden turn of dizziness that may have been brought on by a change in her medication
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Recent Examples of turn
Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Pearsall turned upfield and raced Antoine Winfield Jr. down the sideline, stiff-arming the Tampa Bay safety and fighting off his tackle to reach the end zone just before being hauled out of bounds.
—Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Nov. 2024
But that in turn will have informed the performance anyway.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Palm Springs hated his AIDS memorial design, but the artist turned the debacle into redemption.
—Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
Pearsall turned upfield and raced Antoine Winfield Jr. down the sideline, stiff-arming the Tampa Bay safety and fighting off his tackle to reach the end zone just before being hauled out of bounds.
—Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Landman in turn joins Tulsa King‘s sophomore opener and the 1923 series premiere as the top three biggest season launches in Paramount+ history.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 Nov. 2024
But that in turn will have informed the performance anyway.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turn
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To fix this, leaders should hold regular office hours with CEOs and directors, rotating participants and focusing on empowerment, not complaints.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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In this image made from video provided by National Weather Service Portland office, a powerful storm also called a 'bomb cyclone' rotates off the U.S. West Coast on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
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The doors will soon swing open for a new doughnut shop in town when Parlor Doughnuts holds its grand opening in Jeffersonville.Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Piano Lesson: Take away the ghost stuff and focus on the fact that Malcolm Washington’s adaptation of the August Wilson play celebrates and uplifts Black women, the one demographic that pointedly did not swing to the right this year.Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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Democrats say that the results fall short of demonstrating majority public support for Trump and that the numbers do not give him a mandate to deviate from precedent, such as naming Cabinet members without Senate confirmation.Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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Some ridiculed this decision to deviate from the original pose and even used AI to alter it, which Erivo didn’t respond well to.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 24 Nov. 2024
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Israel is becoming increasingly prone to rejecting U.S. advice and seeks to reduce its reliance on U.S. military aid.Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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Over the next ten days or so, Sonny and I hung out and became friends.Cher, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Lake’s relatively weak standing with Trump voters in a swing state is notable because her political identity revolves chiefly around her support for Trump.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024
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The door continues to revolve in and out of Salem, as Days of Our Lives prepares for its 60th anniversary celebration.The Deadline TV Team, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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Chalamet spends an hour in the house, sitting in the very bedroom where a young Robert Zimmerman gazed out at snowy ground and pondered his future.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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Gallego’s better standing with Arizona voters is more than a mirror image of Republican Kari Lake’s relatively weak pull with GOP voters and will invite extra scrutiny as Democrats ponder their future after an electoral beating.Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024
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Whole fulfillment depends on this dedication to follow-up treatment.Ethan Stone, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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In an increasingly multipolar era, U.S. leadership in Asia will depend not just on the United States’ own capabilities but also on the technological, military, diplomatic, and geographical advantages its allies bring to the table.Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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And spinning your wheels trying to figure out the path through 21,000 tools and counting will absolutely cost you time, resources and reputation.Lisa Hale, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Cotton can be used for textile-to-textile recycling, however fibers can only be shredded and spun into new textiles so many times before the fibers get too short and quality and strength suffers.Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Turn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turn. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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