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U-turns

noun

plural of U-turn

as in reversals

a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite an abrupt U-turn of her support for the candidate after hearing the news of his misdeeds

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Noun

Following strong reversals from those lows, GPC went on to produce multi-year advances of approximately 180%, 375%, and 280%, respectively.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Pharmaceutical companies will be looking for changes at the agency, too, after rejections or reversals of biotech drugs intended for rare diseases.

— Matthew Perrone, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of reversals

Noun

The market’s message is often beguiling and inscrutable, with frequent overshoots and crowd-humiliating turnabouts that would be so satisfying to see coming in advance.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
So why, Ghosh wonders, are such rapid turnabouts so rarely present in the genre?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

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