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as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak
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as in to hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
turned the evidence over to the police
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as in to overturn
to turn on one's side or upside down
don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself
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Brianna Crane, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Since the brand’s first drop in August, there’s been a lot of turnover.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Those documents could be turned over to Congress as part of its ongoing probe into related allegations.
—Will Steakin, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The big picture: Only 2.5% of U.S. homes changed hands in the first eight months of 2024 — the lowest turnover rate in 30 years, Redfin analysis shows.
—Brianna Crane, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Since the brand’s first drop in August, there’s been a lot of turnover.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
All but a handful of counties turned over the information.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Those documents could be turned over to Congress as part of its ongoing probe into related allegations.
—Will Steakin, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnover
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In November, La Real could get a closer look at Eric as Flick plans to use him in rotations expected when Barca has three big games in 12 days to contest starting with Espanyol and Sunday and concluding with a trip to the Basque region.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Healthcare students do clinical rotations at Franciscan facilities, Mazzoni said.Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Their father died and their mother eventually relinquished parental rights.Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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He’s relinquished almost all aspects of life to devices up to and including giving Gromit — Wallace’s eminently capable, permanently skeptical best friend — a pat on his head.Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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July 2024 Page of Pentacles: The cards show a major lesson being handed to you in July.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
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Certainly, the competition level stiffened recently with Indiana and Ohio State handing the Cornhuskers losses in their two most recent games.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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If there had been a life ring at the end of the line, it had been lost when the boat all but overturned.Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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Pennsylvania saw a wave of litigation in the wake of the 2020 election, as part of Trump and his allies' effort to overturn his loss.Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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In the 2022 November election, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won reelection and Democrats flipped the state House and Senate from GOP control for the first time in 40 years.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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Trump previously won all three states in 2016, with President Biden flipping them back in 2020.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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Getting an early start, Qatar Airways is the first to jump into the AI revolution with its groundbreaking AI virtual human cabin crew.Jennifer Stojkovic, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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And everybody wants a piece of this, from Microsoft and Blackrock, to all kinds of other stakeholders who are getting in on the AI revolution.John Werner, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Unless it’s artistically rendered in a colorful bandanna, that is.Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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With brown tree snakes frequently entering homes, children—whose lower body masses could render bites far more dangerous—were now at risk.Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The actor is set to detail his April 2023 medical emergency, which left him hospitalized and sparked rumors and conspiracy theories on the cause of his health scare.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Talent and literary agent Andrea Nelson Meigs will be leaving UTA at the end of the year.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Turnover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnover. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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