- present participle of turn.
turning
- active adj.
- featuring adj.
- flexuous adj.
- operating adj.
- revolving adj.
- vertiginous adj.
- whirling adj.
- adjustment n.
- angle n.
- bow n.
- circuit n.
- conversion n.
- departure n.
- deviation n.
- divergence n.
- diversion n.
- genuflection n.
- gyration n.
- metanoia n.
- regeneration n.
- reverse n.
- revolution n.
- rotation n.
- tendency n.
- turn n.
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“Our focus is on turning those financing opportunities into durable earnings, choosing where we commit capital with the same discipline we apply to growing the business,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
That artificial-intelligence companies are turning to nuclear energy isn’t exactly new.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
And Josh admitted he wouldn't mind "turning to the dark side" and joining the likes of Viper, Legend and Scotland's own Sabre.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The defense is good again, and the offense isn’t turning it over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
With all those eyes turning to me, Jeff even turning, I felt my face go so red.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
"We get a lot of head turnings, if people are driving by, you can tell by their eyes they're just like, what?"
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
His initial Sleeping Beauty Castle was built utilizing plywood, PVC, wood turnings and cast resin veneer, but he has since updated the structure with largely polyurethane foam boards and 3D-printed materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Oliver cheerily delivered a recap of stories from the last five months before turnings serious, calling the strike “an immensely difficult time” for all those in the industry.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Once I adopted the Giovanni-Hans constraint, I saw that each of the four wheels had to follow a concentric circular path, and these paths had identical radii in both extreme right and extreme left turnings.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2012
In the spring when the dragon awakes, I watched its turnings in the rivers.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
