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turn of events
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Princeton's WordNet
turn, turn of events, twistnoun
an unforeseen development
"events suddenly took an awkward turn"
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turn of eventsnoun
A deviation from the expected course of events.
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turn of events
A turn of events refers to an unexpected or significant change in circumstances or a situation. It normally implies a major or important shift in how things are progressing, often taking people by surprise.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of turn of events in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of turn of events in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of turn of events in a Sentence
It’s only with this recent turn of events that people have started to talk about this network, so there’s a host of additional things that are interesting to investigate.
This latest horrendous turn of events has only served to strengthen the resolve of our investigation team as we work to identify those responsible for this outrageous, reckless and barbaric act, they are unable to say at this moment whether or not the nerve agent found in this incident is linked to the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
The release of these five journalists is a welcome turn of events in Ethiopia, where the number of journalists in prison has steadily increased in recent years.
In an unlikely but conceivable turn of events, what if that scientist becomes infected with the virus, which leads to an outbreak and ultimately triggers a pandemic? Many ask reasonable questions: given the possibility of such a scenario – however remote – should the initial experiments have been performed and/or published in the first place, and what were the processes involved in this decision?, scientists working in this field might say – as indeed I have said – that the benefits of such experiments and the resulting knowledge outweigh the risks.
That's an interesting turn of events, the big bad media comes in and then it's OK -- they'll let me in and just ignore me.
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