switcheroo

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Recent Examples of switcheroo The twice-yearly switcheroo is irritating enough to lawmakers of all political stripes that the US Senate passed legislation in March 2022 to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024 Comcast’s over-the-air flagship will air around 50 regular-season games on Thursdays and post-NFL Sundays, a platform switcheroo that automatically expands the league’s reach by some 15.5 million households. Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024 Neither one of them should be calling it now with all the uncertainty over the actual Dodgers playoff rotation, but this personality switcheroo is really throwing me off. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024 However, these doubts come bubbling back to the surface when the town learns of the administrative switcheroo. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for switcheroo 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for switcheroo
Noun
  • But that longstanding status quo has now been shaken — a turnabout for Hezbollah that has opened a new political chapter in Lebanon.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Pakistan’s frustrations with the Taliban represent a sharp turnabout.
    Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Trump, who previously supported a TikTok ban, later flip-flopped on the matter.
    Salvador Rodriguez, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But others have pointed to the timing of his flip-flop coming after Trump met with a billionaire hedge fund manager whose trading group owns a major stake in ByteDance, TikTok's parent company.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Michael Soloman, one of Tennessee's leading sellers of legal cannabis, believes the state is engaging in regulatory bait and switch.
    Frank Gluck, The Tennessean, 12 Feb. 2024
  • But Pippa soon swings in with a big confession: These muffins were actually baked to convince Ravi to spill the deets about his dead brother. Ravi, peeved that Pip pulled a bait and switch, tells her to leave him alone.
    Fletcher Peters, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The Prince Harry case was different For those watching at home, the settlement seemed like an unexpected about-face from the 40-year-old royal who had previously been so resolute about seeing the case through.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The actions, while expected, represent an abrupt about-face for a department that had for the past four years aggressively investigated high-profile instances of violence and systemic discrimination in local law enforcement and government agencies.
    Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The icebreaker’s captain made a U-turn in heavy swells to hook up an emergency tow line, and water again poured over its deck and into the fuel vents.
    McKenzie Funk, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Prince Harry Hails 'Monumental' Victory In Lawsuit Against The Sun By Jack Royston Chief Royal Correspondent 259 Prince Harry has settled his lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's U.K. newspaper division in a shock U-turn that brings an end to a six-year marathon courtroom grudge match.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Lockport 20-3 (4) Storybook turnaround season even draws CBS Chicago to visit Porters for a segment. 4.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly believes the strong bond in the locker room played a role in the late-season turnaround.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Read More: How Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Pushed Through Asia’s First Cannabis Legalization Cannabis advocacy groups and businesses have voiced their opposition to the policy volte-face, staging rallies and threatening a legal challenge against the premier.
    Pathom Sangwongwanich / Bloomberg, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • The policy volte-face is another blow to Thailand’s nascent cannabis industry after decriminalization was pitched as a way to boost agricultural income and wellness tourism.
    TIME, TIME, 10 May 2024
Noun
  • For a bullish set-up, traders look for RSI to rise back above the 30 level, signaling a reversal.
    Nishant Pant, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2025
  • His promotion of Tiktok is a reversal from 2020, when Trump attempted to ban the platform.
    Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Switcheroo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switcheroo. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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