about-faced

verb

Definition of about-facednext
past tense of about-face
1
as in reverted

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2
as in pivoted

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for about-faced
  1. reverted
  2. pivoted
  3. bowed
  4. swept
  5. revoked
Verb
  • And in recent weeks, the market has reverted back to the narrative of the early days of this bull market.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Some realized remote was the way to go, while others reverted and pushed workers back to offices.
    Toni Ann Careccio-Pisano, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of reverted
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  • Then there's Mark Cuban, who pivoted from bartender to software entrepreneur to NBA team owner to healthcare pioneer, with a promising side hustle in politics.
    Ann Kirschner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, cops pivoted and focused on Avila-Olmos, who authorities said moved from Connecticut to California shortly after the deadly stabbing.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of pivoted
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  • Not only the lisping child, but those whose frames are bowed down by the weight of time, worship around the Christmas shrine, and are willing devotees to its vivifying delights.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Not only the lisping child, but those whose frames are bowed down by the weight of time, worship around the Christmas shrine, and are willing devotees to its vivifying delights.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of bowed
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  • Mangione appeared in a Blair County courtroom Thursday, waived his right to an extradition hearing and was immediately swept back to New York via plane, helicopter and SUV for his federal arraignment hours later.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But longstanding relationships in Syria were turned upside down this month when a coalition of rebels from the north swept to Damascus, the capital, eventually joined by rebels who banded together in the south.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of swept
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  • The company said the review may have various outcomes, ranging from no action being taken to Evolution having its license to operate revoked.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Two hours later, after parliamentarians rushed to the country’s National Assembly building and voted against the declaration, martial law was revoked.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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