about-face
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who had previously advocated against any type of slowdown and accused Anthropic of fear marketing, has made an about-face after the OpenAI-Hugging Face hacking incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
In an apparent about-face, Strategy disclosed on Monday a bitcoin monetization program that could include selling the cryptocurrency to build up its U.S. dollar reserves, as well as fund repurchases of common stock.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
The FDA’s current position represents an about-face from where it stood months ago.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Lewis, making progress sometimes requires an about-face to get back on the right road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
I about-face and am almost to the door and out of there, when Oscar says, “I let you in, G. You’re...like a father...the only one I’ve had.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
But it wasn’t long before Musk abruptly about-faced and effectively banned the student from X, accusing Sweeney of endangering his personal safety.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
"They know who it is?" asked Slaight, who had about-faced and was marching next to the guy who had whispered the news.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
But then Washington about-faced, easing banking restrictions for six months to allow earthquake relief to flow freely to Syria.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
But the Supreme Court about-faced, ruling 5-4 in the 1871 cases Knox v.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2020
Ben walked down to his father, saluted him sharply, about-faced and shouted, “Dis-missed.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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