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turn of events

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. turn, turn of events, twistnoun

    an unforeseen development

    "events suddenly took an awkward turn"

Wiktionary

  1. turn of eventsnoun

    A deviation from the expected course of events.

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  1. 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

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn of events in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of turn of events in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of turn of events in a Sentence

  1. Corona Police Capt. Paul Mercado:

    It's an unfortunate turn of events here, the public here are really looking for a motive. Right now, there is no motive. It's an unprovoked attack.

  2. Charles Armstrong:

    He was someone that one would have thought would remain very high up in the regime. So this kind of a shake up, particularly if he's been executed, is quite a remarkable turn of events.

  3. Sandro Hernandez:

    It's an extraordinary turn of events for Cubans and Cuban-Americans.

  4. Brett Foster:

    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.

  5. Rod Webber:

    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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