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turnabouts

noun

plural of turnabout

as in reversals

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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Recent Examples of turnabouts 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, 23 July 2026

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reversals

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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

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