TURNED AROUND Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

turned around

verb

past tense of turn around

as in changed

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That changed when Detective Tim Cooper, who watched that episode as a child, had a chance encounter in 2018 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of changed

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Most critics either loved it or hated it, and they were split right down the middle, with a Tomatometer rating that has fluctuated around 50% since the film’s release.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
In the western state of Táchira, the cuts fluctuated between 34 and 58 hours per week.

— Catherine Ellis, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fluctuated

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Nowadays, the concept has mutated into something more like a full RV kitchen without the RV (or outside the RV), sometimes packed into a box burly enough to survive an active war zone.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
The Clash’s original line-up soldiered on until 1982, by which time punk rock had mutated into post-punk and new wave.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of mutated

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Bijan Robinson rushed for 63 yards as the Falcons snapped a two-game skid.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Tyson Foerster also scored a goal and Michkov added a second goal in the third period, but Philadelphia never could draw back even, and had its three-game winning streak snapped.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of snapped

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The researchers varied how many dots moved together, ranging from 81 percent of the dots coherently moving together, which is trivially easy to determine, down to 3 percent, which is barely distinguishable from noise.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Its Visit Rwanda campaign has partnered with prominent European soccer clubs, including Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid and Bayern Munich, though the arrangements have varied.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of varied

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Election forecaster Cook Political Report shifted Ohio’s gubernatorial race toward Democratic candidate Amy Acton on Friday after a week of backlash over an ad Republican Vivek Ramaswamy ran featuring her estranged mother.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
The risk shifted to Utah's southeast, where streams ran fast and high.

— MEAD GRUVER, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of shifted

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In the space of eight years, Tems has metamorphosed from one-to-watch to global megastar.

— Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026
What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026

Definition of metamorphosed

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In an interview with The New York Times, Gibney confirmed that Universal Pictures wavered in planning the doc’s overseas release.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
The Brewers fell behind 4-0 in the second inning after Shohei Ohtani's three-run blast, but the team never wavered.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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