reversal

Example Sentences

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The 2021 creation of Stellantis was supposed to be a reversal of fortunes for the Chrysler name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

And the role reversal — complete with uniform — doesn’t appear to have changed Lumalee’s outlook on life in any way.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The stellar performance is a reversal for the dollar, which had been down 0.7% for the year before the start of the Iran war.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Right now we are in a moment of reversal.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The absurdity of this reversal of fortune may not have struck millions in the industrialised world after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 as all that implausible.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall