The recent data has caused a reversal of expectations.
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Reversal
/ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/
Synonyms for "reversal" (307 found)
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Closest matches (62)
Noun(17 words)
abolishmentabolitionabout faceabout-faceabout-turnabrogationaccommodationadaptationadjustmentafterthoughtafterthoughtsalchemyalterationameliorationannulmentapostasyassimilationassumptionatavismback track
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back trailbackingbacking offbacking outbacking upbacksetbackslidingbackupbackward deviationbafflementbalkbecomingbetter thoughtsbettermentbouleversementbreakcancelcancelingcancellationcassationchangechange of heartchange of mindchange-over
Verb(1 words)
change direction
Strong matches (92)
changeablenesscheckcheckmatecomedownconfusionconstructive changecontinuityconversioncountermandcounterorderdefeasancedefeatdefectiondegenerationdegenerative changedescentdeteriorationdeviationdifferencediscomfiture
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discontinuitydisenchantmentdivergencediversificationdiversiondiversitydownectropioneversionfalling backfittingflipflip flopflip-flopfoilfrustrationgradual changegrowthimprovementintroversionintussusceptioninvaginationinvalidationinversionlapsemature judgmentmeliorationmitigationmodificationmodulationnaturalizationnullificationoverthrowoverturningpassage
Noun(31 words)
counteractiondramatic reversalflipflip-flopflipsgybinghalf turnhumblingsinverseinversesinversioninvertinglurchingmost turnaroundnegnegationoverrideoverrulingoverturnoverturning a ruling
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overturning of policyoverturning orderoverturnspendulum swingperipeteiapirouettesplot eventplot turnplot turnsplot twistpolicy change
Adjective(1 words)
dramatic turn of events
Verb(5 words)
Related words (153)
Noun(35 words)
policy reversalretreatsreversereversesrevertantrollbackrollbacksrolloversetbacksetbackssharp turnsomersaultsomersaultingsomersaultsswap placesswingswitchbackswitchbacksswitcherooswitches
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progresspronationqualificationradical changere creationre-creationre-formationrealignmentrebuffrecallrecantationrecidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionrecrudescencerecurrenceredesignreductionreform
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reformationregressregressionrehabilitationreinstatementrelapseremakingrenegerenewalrepealrepulserescindingrescindmentrescissionreshapingresolutionrestitutionrestorationrestructuringresupinationretractionretrocessionretroflexionretrogradationretrogressionretroversionreturnreturningreversereverse of fortunereversingreversionrevertingrevivalrevivificationrevocationrevokerevokementrevolutionrevulsionright-aboutright-about-faceroutsecond thoughtssetbacksetting asidesevere checkshiftslipping backsudden changesupinationsuspensionswingaroundswitchswitch overswitch-overtergiversatingtergiversationthrowbacktopsy-turvinesstopsy-turvydomtotal changetransformationtransittransitiontransposaltranspositionturnturnaboutturnaroundturningturning backturning backwardsturning inside outturning intoturning inwardturning overupheavalvacationvacaturvariationvarietyvicissitudeviolent changevoidancevoidingvolte facevolte-facewaiverwaivingwithdrawalworseningwrite offwrite-off
Adjective(2 words)
retrogradesudden reversal
Verb(2 words)
undoweaken resolve
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More general
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
8 entriesdirection reversaleconomic reversalinverse functionlogical negationpolicy reversalreversion mutationsequence reversaltrend reversal
Collocations
5 entriesmarket reversalpolicy reversalreversal magnitudereversal pointtrend reversal
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Her new statement is a reversal of her previous position.
Source: tatoeba (5266045)
Here is a look at four Supreme Court decisions that a Roe v. Wade reversal could impact.
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It is, then, only a seeming reversal of the principle of grammar's precedence over vocabulary that after the vocabulary of a planned auxiliary language has been determined all that remains to be said by way of grammar must be completely subordinated to the structural characteristics of the vocabulary.
Source: tatoeba (12381129)
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