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volte-face

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The rest of the world will fund the technology and scale necessary, then in 10-15 years when renewables plus storage and electric cars are cheaper than the existing technology US Republicans will have a volte-face, deploy at scale, and claim they saved the world through unregulated capitalism. And the rest of the world won’t mind.

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a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"

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noun

a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for volte-face.

noun

a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"

See also: about-face, reversal

Example sentences

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The rest of the world will fund the technology and scale necessary, then in 10-15 years when renewables plus storage and electric cars are cheaper than the existing technology US Republicans will have a volte-face, deploy at scale, and claim they saved the world through unregulated capitalism. And the rest of the world won’t mind.

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Klein seems to have had a volte-face moment in which, as a blogger, he was dismissive of any critique about the internet because it was an instantaneous resource-rich environment. Now he understands that when he reads he's always searching for what he calls this "fugue-like" state of "deep reading" that allows him to understand and connect what he's reading to other arguments and topics.

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How do you use volte-face in a sentence?

The rest of the world will fund the technology and scale necessary, then in 10-15 years when renewables plus storage and electric cars are cheaper than the existing technology US Republicans will have a volte-face, deploy at scale, and claim they saved the world through unregulated capitalism. And the rest of the world won’t mind.

What does volte-face mean?

a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy"

What part of speech is volte-face?

volte-face is commonly used as noun.