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Recent Examples of about-face
Noun
There’s no real path for the league to do an about-face. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 Mars’s about-face in Leo affects our stamina and adds passive-aggressiveness to the mix. Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The End, a time to look back and take note of the year's triumphs, failures and overlooked moments before swinging around in about-face and moving ahead into 2025. New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024 Trump’s about-face on TikTok is in line with general public sentiment, as polling shows banning TikTok has become increasingly unpopular with Americans. Alison Durkee, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for about-face 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for about-face
Noun
  • Filip realized an inevitable role reversal had occurred.
    Fred Topel, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
  • After a couple rounds of appeals and reversals, the man left the nursing home and died four days later.
    Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But this raises the question, what do President-elect Trump and HHS secretary nominee Kennedy mean by reverting, say, the FDA’s drug review process to a gold standard?
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Lastly, authoritarian regimes such as those in Venezuela and Nicaragua could see the benefit of a more transactional approach to foreign policy, the new White House happy to overlook their anti-democratic abuses as long as migration trends are reverted.
    CNN Staff, CNN, 7 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Conversations at dinner tables, office water coolers, social gatherings and on social media have pivoted to the topic, as police efforts to find the gunman keep the case in the news.
    Tom Murphy and Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The Fed pivoted to cutting rates in September, in part, to preserve the labor market.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Read More: How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization Cannabis advocacy groups and businesses have voiced their opposition to the policy volte-face, staging rallies and threatening a legal challenge against the premier.
    Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • The policy volte-face is another blow to Thailand’s nascent cannabis industry after decriminalization was pitched as a way to boost agricultural income and wellness tourism.
    TIME, TIME, 10 May 2024
Verb
  • Trump's transition process While Cabinet nominees, like Linda Chavez, have previously rescinded their nominations as unexpected issues arose, Max Stier, who heads the Partnership for Public Service, says for some of Trump's picks, that's not happening.
    Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind unspent funds earmarked for climate provisions contained in the Inflation Reduction Act, a signature piece of legislation signed by President Biden in 2022.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Inside, a double-height foyer displaying a curving staircase leads to a high-ceilinged living room centered around a bespoke fireplace adorned with a vintage mantel by Jamb of London.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
  • It’s decorated in shades of wood and white, with gently curving ceilings (a little cavelike, a little nautical) and walls dotted with interesting, mismatched pieces of art.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • His sentence has never been overturned and was carried out as ordered by the court.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Questions loom about TikTok as Trump's cabinet comes into shape In a ruling earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected TikTok’s bid to overturn the law.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego inspire me not to bow before power and corruption even if everyone else does.
    Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The six comics will take place over different time periods, with the first issue bowing in March.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024

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