turnaround
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrnəˌraʊnd/
- However, this text represents a turnaround in the way the events of the coup are presented.
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Watch on YouTubeRepentance, the original Greek is metanoia, which means a turnaround, a shift, a complete shift.
- Repentance, the original Greek is metanoia, which means a turnaround, a shift, a complete shift.
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The company's new strategy marked a significant turnaround from its previous direction, aiming for increased sustainability.
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The result was a sharp turnaround on questions of race as well as economic regulation.
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But this decision was a complete turnaround from the men I was seeing before.
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Despite this turnaround, however, Washington and London decided to seek another resolution.
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A second benefit for conservation at each of these projects was a turnaround in local attitudes toward conservation.
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Markets have already anticipated a sudden turnaround in the Turkish economy.
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Civil society organizations call for a turnaround in global decision-making on food and nutrition.
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His demonstrated financial acumen, the argument went, made him the ideal turnaround specialist to get the nation's economy growing and creating jobs.
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Most political and economic analysts missed the turnaround because they were too wedded to a neoliberal model of development.
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Alix was a CPA and turnaround manager who had founded a leading corporate restructuring firm in 1981.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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A sudden change in opinion or policy that reverses an earlier decision
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A complete change of direction or opinion
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A sudden, complete change of direction or opinion
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An official decision that cancels an earlier court decision
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A complete change to the opposite view or decision
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A decision to take back a previous choice or opinion
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Changing a previous promise, decision, or opinion
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A sudden public change of a decision or promise
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A decision to stop a journey and go back because of a problem
A sudden change of plans, policy, or behaviour
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Etymology
Turnaround comes from turn ('to change direction') and around ('to the other side'). Imagine someone suddenly turning to face the opposite way; that image explains a turnaround in decision or policy because it means changing to the opposite choice.