change around
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or British change round
: to change the order or positions of the parts of (something)
When I got back everything in my office had been changed around.
I had to change the schedule round a little.
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The Heat views him as a good player and does not want to trade him simply to change around the pieces.
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Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
The steeper the landscape at each part of the map, the more the electrons’ wave function will change around those values of the parameters.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025
Aside from the staffing change around demonstration teachers, the district will also cut several high-level administrative positions, Molinar said.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
This is prior to the pandemic and its monumental change around the company’s San Francisco venue.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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Miami Herald, 2 July 2025
The steeper the landscape at each part of the map, the more the electrons’ wave function will change around those values of the parameters.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2025
Aside from the staffing change around demonstration teachers, the district will also cut several high-level administrative positions, Molinar said.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
This is prior to the pandemic and its monumental change around the company’s San Francisco venue.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Change around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/change%20around. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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