for a change

phrase

: as something different from what is usual
Let's eat out for a change.
Why don't you help me out for a change instead of me always helping you?!

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Coming off a playoff run in which the top line’s production was limited and plenty came from lower in the lineup likely galvanized that need for a change in priorities. — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2026 Shir Mathias, whose parents Shachar and Shlomi Mathias were killed during the attack on Kibbutz Holit on the Gaza border, called Tuesday for a change in the country’s leadership. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Farwell had filed a motion for a change of venue for the trial, but it was rejected last week. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The devastating loss of the coast has opened up the path for a change in the Saudis’ intolerance for dissent within the anti-Houthi coalition, however. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for for a change

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“For a change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20change. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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