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turn to
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Princeton's WordNet
address, turn toverb
speak to
"He addressed the crowd outside the window"
turn toverb
direct one's interest or attention towards; go into
"The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millennium"
Wiktionary
turn toverb
to become, to degenerate into.
turn toverb
to consult for advice
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turn to in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turn to in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of turn to in a Sentence
We don’t want them to start an internal war battle. But at some point, that’s what people are going to turn to if they can’t be listened to, so they’re turning to us. And if we can create a path forward, others can too.
If an analyst at a big institutional investor is covering 100 credits, they need someone they can turn to for quick answers, we want to be those people.
Allowing her -- and indeed other terrorists -- back into the U.K. to pursue an appeal would create a national security risk that cannot be fully mitigated, even with the diversion of significant resources, he added. Begums bid to reclaim her citizenship initiallywasstruck down by an immigration court in February. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which hears national security cases, said she could instead turn to Bangladesh for citizenship. Yet her lawyer argued that Begum -- who is of British-Bangladeshi heritage was not considered a national of Bangladesh and was therefore rendered stateless by the deprivation decision.
They are lonely so they feel a need to engage with the Indonesian community, either online or in real life, but lacking the social networks they would normally turn to for advice, they aren't equipped to deal with the radical messages that are being fed to them.
As Mr. Chatman approaches the corner, he makes a slight turn, a subtle turn to the right with his upper body. I see in his right hand a dark gray or black object, it was a small black object, which I believed to be a handgun.
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