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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Those results are a sharp turnabout for the dollar stores, which were once Wall Street darlings.
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
There’s never been a geopolitical turnabout bigger than that.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
The growth in recent weeks extends a remarkable turnabout for the once-beleaguered crypto industry.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
This year’s public comments are a remarkable turnabout.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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Melissa Repko, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
There’s never been a geopolitical turnabout bigger than that.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
The growth in recent weeks extends a remarkable turnabout for the once-beleaguered crypto industry.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
This year’s public comments are a remarkable turnabout.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnabout. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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