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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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Recent Examples of turnover
Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
James leaped to keep a bad pass from being a turnover, tipping it to Dalton Knecht for a three, only to be flattened during a collision and slow to get up.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Before Durov was arrested, Telegram, based in Dubai, had a unique reputation as being overtly hostile to moderation and court orders from governments to either turn over information about users suspected of crimes or to follow orders to remove content.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Chargers have only six turnovers, the fewest in league history through 12 game since 1938.
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—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
James leaped to keep a bad pass from being a turnover, tipping it to Dalton Knecht for a three, only to be flattened during a collision and slow to get up.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
The city, home to around 270 people, turned over many of its assets to the county-level government following the 67-60 vote in favor of dissolution on the November ballot.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Before Durov was arrested, Telegram, based in Dubai, had a unique reputation as being overtly hostile to moderation and court orders from governments to either turn over information about users suspected of crimes or to follow orders to remove content.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turnover
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Remember, Steele first broke into the majors as a left-handed reliever and began to earn his spot in the rotation after the Cubs’ sell-off at the 2021 trade deadline.Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Yet the rotation out of cyclicals and into tech hasn’t been uniform.Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Wellington Mara relinquished control of football operations when Young took over.Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The institution must relinquish its Association voting privileges for a four-year period.Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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How Creighton handed Kansas a loss Kansas entered Wednesday’s road game against Creighton as the No. 1 team in the nation, and an undefeated one at that.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Soros recently handed control over his multibillion-dollar Open Society Foundations over to his son, Alex Soros, following the 2022 midterm elections.Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
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Trump's immunity claim is one of several attempts by his legal team to overturn his conviction and have the case dismissed.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Questions loom about TikTok as Trump's cabinet comes into shape In a ruling earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected TikTok’s bid to overturn the law.Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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And in presumably purple Miami-Dade County where Democrats had won every presidential election for 36 years, Latino voters flipped the county red.Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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After letting your coffee sit on the counter or in the fridge for 12 to 24 hours, flip a switch and your brew cleanly drains into the decanter.Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Across the Middle East and North Africa, many revolutions have overthrown autocrats, only for those countries to descend back into chaos or a more oppressive rule.NPR, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, restaurants, takeout and delivery became more accessible, creating a cultural revolution of eating out.Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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But Part Two told the story of Paul Atreides’s rise to power with a satisfying mix of triumph and gruesomeness, rendering his planetary jihad in awe-inspiring fashion.David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Without serious mitigation efforts, cities like Galveston could see large portions submerged or rendered uninhabitable.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Cleveland Fed’s CPI supports this view and should leave the door open to a 25 basis point cut at the December meeting.Bill Stone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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As a result, Hezbollah pulled its forces out of Syria to focus on its war with Israel, leaving Assad exposed, experts said.Mostafa Salem, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Turnover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnover. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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