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turnaround

 noun
     
turn‧a‧round also turnround British English [singular]
1 the time it takes to receive something, deal with it and send it back, especially on a plane, ship etc:
The average turnaround for a passport application is six working days.
We must reduce costs and shorten turnaround times.
2 a complete change from a bad situation to a good one
turnaround in
the remarkable turnaround in our economy

➔ turn around

at turn1
3 a turnabout
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