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as in to relinquish
to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress
reluctantly turned the ship over to the first mate while he went below to try to stop the leak
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as in to hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
turned the evidence over to the police
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as in to overturn
to turn on one's side or upside down
don't try to tell me the bucket turned over all by itself
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Recent Examples of turnover
Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
Dort then caused the Pacers’ 15th turnover with a steal and drilled another 3-pointer on the ensuing possession to rebuild the lead to 10.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
John Navin, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
And the custody rule will require parents to turn over even more personal documentation.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for turnover
Noun
Renaissance Partners invests in four sectors: sustainability, information technology, health care and specialized industrials, managing more than 2.8 billion euros, with investments in 12 companies and an aggregate turnover of approximately 6 billion euros.
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The 50-week moving average appears to be turning over and beginning to trend downward.
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As these large-cap altcoins appreciate, further capital rotation occurs into mid-cap and smaller-cap altcoins.—
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Payne did not play in Game 3 after Delon Wright and Landry Shamet were bumped up a spot in the rotation.—
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Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants.—
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Despite bipartisan and nearly unequivocal support for Gypsum Canyon in the intervening four years, Agran has refused to relinquish his goal of completing a veterans cemetery in Irvine.—
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Around a year ago, Marc Bernal took advantage of an opportunity handed to him by then-new head coach Hansi Flick, which entailed him training with the first team in preseason.—
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The Bad Boys star previously joked that Murphy handed the responsibility to him.—
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Foreign universities want to hire them May 25, 2025 The suit also seeks to overturn the Trump administration’s 15% cap on indirect costs related to research, which universities say are critical to carrying out their work.—
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The suit, which hopes to overturn the law, argues that the city’s ordinance violates the First Amendment and does not apply to other forms of speech, like a political candidate asking for support or a church member proselytizing.—
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Oliveros promptly changed her major to communication technology and flipped headfirst into the social media scene.—
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United Launch Alliance’s years-long delays with its new Vulcan rocket have flipped the script for national security missions, making SpaceX the new reliable provider.—
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The artificial intelligence revolution has reached a critical inflection point.—
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Each episode explores a pivotal or outrageous moment in marijuana history—from ancient tokes to cultural revolutions—blending humor with surprisingly rich education.—
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From Feed Hygiene to Discovery Advantage Unlike traditional search ads that appear alongside blue links, AI search ads will be rendered inside conversational answers themselves.—
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In fact, without the ocean as a natural buffer, climate change would have already rendered our planet uninhabitable.—
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The only two albums left in her catalog yet to be released as a re-recording are Reputation and her debut album.—
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Ground crews attacked the right flank of the fire while an air tanker made retardant drops across the head and left flank.—
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“Turnover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turnover. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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