about-face

The about-face is a sign of how markets have become more treacherous for investors, even as indexes keep climbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

The company offered no real reason for the about-face, other than a public statement declaring in part, “We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio.”

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 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

There was no way to test our dreams, however, unless Rosy did an about-face from her determination to rely completely on classical X-ray diffraction techniques.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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