How to Use about-face in a Sentence

about-face

noun
  • Trump made an about-face on tariffs this week.
    — David Westin, Bloomberg, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The move marks an about-face for the government.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The about-face is a welcome surprise.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026
  • One of the biggest shifts in sports has been the about-face on gambling.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 July 2024
  • That marks an about-face from its performance at the start of the decade.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
  • So why the sudden about-face on China?
    — Scott Kennedy, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The show simply did not earn this about-face on Stannis’s part.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But few have ever risen above the drama with such an about-face success.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The result is an about-face from dry, brittle hair to soft, shiny tresses.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Kennedy kept his about-face, as another guest soon tried to change the subject.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
  • Canada meanwhile has made a complete about-face.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The downturn is an about-face from what occurred at the height of the pandemic.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
  • Here are the factors leading up to Trump’s about-face on crypto.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 22 May 2024
  • Ready to reassess your financial plan and make a strategic about-face?
    — USA TODAY, 21 July 2024
  • The grill industry isn’t a stranger to slumps or about-face shifts in consumer demand.
    — Erika Tulfo, CNN, 30 June 2024
  • The about-face was announced last week in a press release aimed at the marque’s investors.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The sudden about-face is unusual for a restaurant chain.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This year, though, her dreams have been punctured by a governmental about-face.
    — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But the sudden about-face of Prigozhin’s troops appeared to have eased the crisis for now.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • The post didn’t allow comments, but that didn’t stop the online discourse over his about-face.
    — Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Bick’s redemption wasn’t the only reason for this about-face.
    — Chris Vognar, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The song is a bit of an about-face for the cocky demi-god voiced by Dwayne Johnson.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The abrupt about-face has scrambled life for hundreds of thousands of migrants who came here and planned to stay.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • No matter the reason for its about-face, Apple is late to the party.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • But Tuesday, Little signed a bill that appeared to be an about-face.
    — Katherine Jones, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The about-face didn't necessarily give the bill a clear path to passage.
    — John Raby, ajc, 10 Mar. 2023
  • That about-face, which has yet to be discussed at a public meeting, is deeply regrettable.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The Post has similarly been critiqued for the last-minute about-face.
    — Liam Reilly, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The video then about-faces towards a utopia where people have toed the left-wing climate change line and saved the planet.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Even that goal has now become uncertain thanks to Hochul’s last-second about-face.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 9 June 2024

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