How to Use turnaround in a Sentence
- The team needs a big turnaround after their loss last week.
- The company has achieved a remarkable turnaround in the past year.
- The latest news has caused a turnaround in public opinion.
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Earlier in the year, the turnaround time was up to 13 weeks.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
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Please note, there is about a ten-day turnaround time for funds to get to you.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
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Despite the tight turnaround, the words crystalized both the spirit of the age and the ethos of the band.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
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Then a 12-foot turnaround by Johnson in the mid-post put the game on ice.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
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That this one has two zones (for reds and whites) is a nice bonus for all my, um, quick turnaround wine.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
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The trail then spirals down to its end point at marker 90, the turnaround point for this trip.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2024
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The switch to February meant just a six-month turnaround from the last tourney.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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The turnaround of everything happened in a week and a half or so.
—Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
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Whether the Lakers reap that turnaround remains to be seen.
—Bruce Haring, Deadline, 14 June 2024
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Despite the slump in the first half of the year, Van den Brink expects a turnaround in the latter half of the year as prices begin to cool.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 July 2023
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Collins led a turnaround in Penn State’s special teams last year.
—Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
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The big-as-Texas turnaround has served up at least two lessons, both of which held up Saturday.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2024
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That, then, is when Jabeur began something of a turnaround.
—Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
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Home prices remain out of reach for most and little hope of a turnaround anytime soon.
—Greg Petro, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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The quick turnaround doesn’t bother SRV, but the Wolves will use its one day of practice to get everyone on the same page.
—Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
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What a turnaround the Palisades High boys’ basketball team has made in the last three weeks.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
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That represents a quick turnaround — less than one year — for the franchise.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
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Hayes needs Wednesday to be a starting point for a late-season turnaround.
—Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2023
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Rail buffs often find the three-point turnaround at the outset to be one of the more unusual aspects of this 1 hour 45 minute trip.
—Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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In some ways, the aftermath of that contest was the genesis of the Cowboys' turnaround.
—Calvin Watkins The Dallas Morning News, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
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And all that came after the Panthers’ complete turnaround from Game 1.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
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During the past five decades, there has been a gradual turnaround.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
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Just one thing was missing from the Nice turnaround story: nice hotels.
—Stephen Heyman, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
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Yet, with the start of training camp one week away, there has been a significant turnaround.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
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Hensley and others point to the performance of goaltender Maddie Rooney in a 1-0 loss to Toronto in Game 2 as the start of the turnaround.
—Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 31 May 2024
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With luxury in a cyclical slump that analysts predict could last for one or two years, companies in turnaround mode are feeling the pressure more than market leaders.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 24 July 2024
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However, a slowdown in home construction and other residential investments, and an increase in imports, dragged down economic growth — a turnaround after three straight quarters of solid growth.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
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The dispatch center asked the deputies en route to turn around.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
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Then, Chance the Rapper turned around and let out a scream in shock as Fallon danced around the stage.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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As the child turned around to get candy from the table to hand out, the gunman entered the home.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
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The center launched an aircraft but the flight turned around due to bad weather.
—Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
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Colorado hired Sanders to turn around a program that has been stuck near the bottom of the Pac-12 for most of the last decade.
—Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 2 Feb. 2023
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The judges asked Hedges to turn around to see her dad standing in the audition room.
—Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
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Not long after that, the man came out with his hands up but refused to turn around.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
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After spending time by the ocean, Rodgers and Wright did not turn around to go home.
—Kayla Laine, CBS News, 17 July 2024
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Then, with Steve Jobs returning to the helm in 1997, things started to turn around.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2023
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And not just a survey that your big boss is going to turn around and throw in trash.
—George Musser, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023
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The show launched four months ago, and has thus far failed to turn around CNN’s ratings fortunes in the morning.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2023
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In that scenario, the crew probably wouldn’t be able to turn around and go back.
—Emmanuel Urquieta, The Conversation, 31 July 2023
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Through the grace and belief of her lawyer, however, things turn around for her.
—Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 9 Mar. 2023
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Some motorists tried to turn around but were blocked by police.
—Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
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Daboll helped turn around the Giants in his first season in New York.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
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If there were two people in the room, and one of them turned around and spoke to the wall, then the other person would not be able to hear them.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
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Advertisement The bus couldn’t turn around and go all the way back to Corpus Christi for her rings.
—Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
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Though the trail goes on to connect with a network of other trails in the area, this is a good place to turn around for a gentle hike.
—Jeff Ficker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2023
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All of these things set up the system to then turn around and reimagine her in a different way.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
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The office said anyone attempting to travel to the area would be turned around.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2023
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Well, the mother seal turned around and the umbilical cord was still there.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Finally, 14 years after the death of Charles, things seemed to be turning around.
—Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
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The four friends continued walking, but the two men turned around and confronted the group.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023
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One of my nieces, a 3-year-old, turned around and walked away at the sight of virtual Uncle Brian.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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The surtaxes were removed for the 1984 tax year as the economy began to turn around.
—Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
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More:Milwaukee is turning around one of the most degraded sites in the Great Lakes.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
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The Aztecs inched their way back, however, taking a 52-50 lead when Aguek Arop made a turn around hook inside the lane.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
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An officer comes in and tells Crumbley to stand up and turn around.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
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The camera pans out, and the shape of the Pixel 9 Pro appears and turns around to show off the now-standard Pixel camera bar across the upper back.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024
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Even if he were intercepted and returned to his colony, the penguin would immediately turn around and head right back into the void.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 July 2024
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