turn of events
noun phrase
: a change in what is happening
There has been a dramatic turn of events.
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In a turn of events, Shayla attended the roommate's art pop-up, not knowing Dreux was one of the event organizers.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
In a surprising turn of events, Lesnar dramatically returned to the UFC in 2016, facing Mark Hunt at UFC 200.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The unlikelihood of this turn of events—a niece being the first to find her uncle’s corpse—dissipates into the dynamic of the call: Shula’s bored, patient matter-of-factness, her father’s jolly, scattershot drunkenness.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
The global scope of this turn of events might provide an important clue as to its provenance.
—Moisés Naím, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
In a surprising turn of events, Lesnar dramatically returned to the UFC in 2016, facing Mark Hunt at UFC 200.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
The unlikelihood of this turn of events—a niece being the first to find her uncle’s corpse—dissipates into the dynamic of the call: Shula’s bored, patient matter-of-factness, her father’s jolly, scattershot drunkenness.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
The global scope of this turn of events might provide an important clue as to its provenance.
—Moisés Naím, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Turn of events.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20of%20events. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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