as in reversal
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite
the governor's frequent flip-flops would indicate that she has no core beliefs
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Recent Examples of flip-flop
Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
Leave your beachwear and flip-flops at the door at D'Cave, one of the largest nightclubs in Cancun's Hotel Zone.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
The more interesting angle of the Clark Kent/Superman flip-flop is that while being Superman allows the character to fulfill the most unrealistic expectations of masculinity, being Clark Kent frees him from them.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 July 2025
Loewe’s Pebble slides are a nice break from daytime flip-flops.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 4 July 2025
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Verb
Sandals and flip-flops are OK for short periods of time without much walking.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 14 July 2025
Leave your beachwear and flip-flops at the door at D'Cave, one of the largest nightclubs in Cancun's Hotel Zone.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
The more interesting angle of the Clark Kent/Superman flip-flop is that while being Superman allows the character to fulfill the most unrealistic expectations of masculinity, being Clark Kent frees him from them.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 July 2025
Loewe’s Pebble slides are a nice break from daytime flip-flops.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip-flop
Noun
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What followed the takeover can only be described as a total reversal of the progress made in the country during the twenty years of the Afghan Republic, and the return of terror.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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For President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune.—
Josh Wingrove,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
Verb
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However, Trump equivocated in a longer version of the answer that aired later on the network.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Countries can hedge their bets or equivocate by playing one power off the other.—
Jorge Heine,
The Conversation,
7 July 2025
Verb
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One of Wishman’s most Sapphic films is this gritty black-and-white sexploitation shocker about assassins who weasel their way into an apartment shared by two lesbians in order to kill a foreign dignitary.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Trying to weasel things by providing additional levels is abhorrent.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Nov. 2024
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As Trump had continued to waffle, The Washington Post, the campaign understood, was working on a piece that would recycle all the language Trump had variously used over the years, which, on its face, might certainly sound anti-Semitic.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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When this was previously written, manager Dave Roberts waffled on the question of whether Kershaw was the greatest Dodger pitcher ever.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Cromartie also took a plea deal for charges including strangulation, third degree assault of a police officer, first degree wanton endangerment, disarming a peace officer, fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and violation of a foreign protective order, according to court records.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
18 July 2025
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The first suspect, a 47-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, evading a police officer, conspiring to commit a crime, vehicle hit and run, parole violations and resisting arrest, according to a press release from the Redwood City Police Department.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
Verb
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić shaking hands after signing bilateral documents during a meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 8, 2024.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Nikki Bella and Lola Vice were shaking their hips in the middle of the ring, and Wade Barrett encouraged Michael Cole to show them what he’s got.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Or Donald Trump, who is said to go up to sixteen hours without eating, avoiding breakfast and often shunning lunch before gorging on a dinner of two Big Macs and two Filets-O-Fish, washed down with a chocolate shake.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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More teenagers are shunning traditional media outlets and getting their news from social media, according to a 2024 report from Ofcom.—
Ritika Gupta,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
Verb
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That would make muni bonds a good option for hedging risk elsewhere.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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One major outside group involved in the race is hedging its bets.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
11 July 2025
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“Flip-flop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip-flop. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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