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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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The lawsuit reflects a stark philosophical turnabout from the position on gender identity issues taken during Democratic administrations.
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Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Loading your audio article OAKLAND — Less than a year after Alameda County agreed to his release from prison in an abrupt turnabout, a local resident has been charged with nine felonies in connection with a recent shooting.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
That's a turnabout from 2022, as developers took advantage of falling equipment costs and, at least in some areas, alternatives to lengthy grid-connection queues.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
The meetings represent a remarkable turnabout for Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich Gulf kingdom’s de facto leader who was shunned for a time in diplomatic circles.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Loading your audio article OAKLAND — Less than a year after Alameda County agreed to his release from prison in an abrupt turnabout, a local resident has been charged with nine felonies in connection with a recent shooting.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
That's a turnabout from 2022, as developers took advantage of falling equipment costs and, at least in some areas, alternatives to lengthy grid-connection queues.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
The meetings represent a remarkable turnabout for Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich Gulf kingdom’s de facto leader who was shunned for a time in diplomatic circles.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Turnabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turnabout. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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turnabout
noun
turn·about
ˈtər-nə-ˌbau̇t 
: a change from one direction or one way of thinking or acting to the opposite
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