ABOUT-FACED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

about-faced

verb

past tense of about-face

as in reverted

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as in pivoted

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straightened

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Verb

Just after Sky announced its greenlight earlier this year, Banijay and Sony entered a rights dispute revolving around Banijay believing the TV and film rights had reverted back to them since The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie aired.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
The prices later reverted after public polling continued to show Paxton leading, the report also found.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of reverted

Verb

Instead, the spotlight has pivoted to two 20-something women named Olivia.

— Alan Light, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Lumbering wooden doors are pivoted open to reveal the breezy hotel lobby and create a view with layers of water, first the still ornamental pools, then the main central pool and finally the glowing Caribbean sea.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pivoted

Verb

Stupnitsky’s star has been on the rise since his Universal comedy Good Boys bowed in 2019.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Over the past 15 years, Da Vittorio has expanded to key international cities, from Saint Moritz, which opened in 2012, to Shanghai, which bowed in 2019.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of bowed

Verb

Panic swept through the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia this weekend following the death of Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Record heat swept much of the continent, leading to tens of thousands of excess deaths.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of swept

Verb

When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
The driver of a semitractor-trailer that overturned early Wednesday in Olathe died in the crash, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of overturned

Verb

Napa leather linings, a cabochon clasp inlaid with white mother-of-pearl, and interchangeable silk tassels available in 12 colors to encourage customers’ personalization rounded out the style.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Wells ran through the stop sign of third-base coach Luis Rojas, who raised both arms before Wells rounded second.

— Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

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