TURNING IN Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

turning in

verb

present participle of turn in

as in relinquishing

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress turned in the banned assault rifle to the police

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as in retiring

to go to one's bed in order to sleep it's almost midnight, so it's time to turn in

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Recent Examples of turning in Starbucks knocked it out of the park Wednesday night, turning in strong quarterly results and lifting its full-year guidance for several key metrics. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 July 2026 Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson played similar roles on Visma, with Kuss in particular turning in another strong supporting performance, metronomic in the high mountains. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026 Before turning in for the night, check out Aquavia Lumina, an immersive canyon walk involving lights, projections, and storytelling. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026 Trump’s endorsing perspective toward Ukraine arrives at a time when global awareness is sensing the fortunes of war turning in Ukraine’s favor. — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026 Therefore, by sending a low-voltage electrical pulse to either antenna, scientists can trick the cockroach into turning in the opposite direction, effectively allowing operators to steer the living robot via remote control. — New Atlas, 18 July 2026 In addition to turning in his FOID card and weapons, Davis was ordered not to have any contact with witnesses in the case. — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 Gonzalez finished strong, turning in his best performance in Wednesday’s win over Sacramento. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026 The Mets do need their scuffling starters to start turning in quality starts. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 June 2026

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But that would have meant Parton relinquishing half the publishing rights and therefore half the royalties.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
America is the ultimate answer to the pogrom, and to the emancipation Europe offered on the condition of relinquishing Jewish ethnic and cultural distinctiveness.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquishing

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The sellers, who are retiring, bought the retail space from The Arlington’s original developers back in 2007, Walker said.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
After retiring the first batter, Palencia, in a scary moment, hit the Diamondbacks’ Jordan Lawlar in the head with his pitch.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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Russia is slowly edging towards its territorial goal of taking the Donbas – albeit through rendering the remaining ground held by Ukraine uninhabitable through horrific drone strikes on all signs of civilian and military life.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
The hospital’s only refrigerator capable of storing blood donations was also damaged by a power surge following the quake, rendering transfusions impossible.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of rendering

Verb

Overall, Lomon pitched 16 2/3 innings, surrendering 24 hits and eight walks while recording seven strikeouts in his career.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Leaving is sometimes necessary, but far more often the harder and healthier work is learning how to stay connected to imperfect people without surrendering ourselves, or trying to control them.

— David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrendering

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Posty won’t be delivering for fans in Asia, Australia and New Zealand later this year, as planned.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Nvidia reported another blowout quarter on Wednesday, delivering a beat on topline metrics that was strong enough to send the stock up 4% in extended trading.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of delivering

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These changes have not been enough to convince allies that the United States is serious about handing over responsibility for conventional deterrence.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
But Scalable is not handing over unrestricted control of customer accounts to AI.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of handing over

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