How to Use turnaround in a Sentence

turnaround

1 of 2 noun
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  • 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.
  • Earlier in the year, the turnaround time was up to 13 weeks.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Please note, there is about a ten-day turnaround time for funds to get to you.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The switch to February meant just a six-month turnaround from the last tourney.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The turnaround of everything happened in a week and a half or so.
    — Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Whether the Lakers reap that turnaround remains to be seen.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 14 June 2024
  • 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
  • Collins led a turnaround in Penn State’s special teams last year.
    — Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • That, then, is when Jabeur began something of a turnaround.
    — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Home prices remain out of reach for most and little hope of a turnaround anytime soon.
    — Greg Petro, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • What a turnaround the Palisades High boys’ basketball team has made in the last three weeks.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • That represents a quick turnaround — less than one year — for the franchise.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Hayes needs Wednesday to be a starting point for a late-season turnaround.
    — Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • And all that came after the Panthers’ complete turnaround from Game 1.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
  • During the past five decades, there has been a gradual turnaround.
    — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
  • Just one thing was missing from the Nice turnaround story: nice hotels.
    — Stephen Heyman, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Yet, with the start of training camp one week away, there has been a significant turnaround.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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turn around

2 of 2 verb
  • The dispatch center asked the deputies en route to turn around.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The center launched an aircraft but the flight turned around due to bad weather.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • The judges asked Hedges to turn around to see her dad standing in the audition room.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • After spending time by the ocean, Rodgers and Wright did not turn around to go home.
    — Kayla Laine, CBS News, 17 July 2024
  • Then, with Steve Jobs returning to the helm in 1997, things started to turn around.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • In that scenario, the crew probably wouldn’t be able to turn around and go back.
    — Emmanuel Urquieta, The Conversation, 31 July 2023
  • Through the grace and belief of her lawyer, however, things turn around for her.
    — Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Some motorists tried to turn around but were blocked by police.
    — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Daboll helped turn around the Giants in his first season in New York.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The office said anyone attempting to travel to the area would be turned around.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Well, the mother seal turned around and the umbilical cord was still there.
    — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Finally, 14 years after the death of Charles, things seemed to be turning around.
    — Nora Mathison, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The surtaxes were removed for the 1984 tax year as the economy began to turn around.
    — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • More:Milwaukee is turning around one of the most degraded sites in the Great Lakes.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • An officer comes in and tells Crumbley to stand up and turn around.
    — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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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