Approve
Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Turn
Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.
Common collocations
| order | approve order | turn order |
| time | approve time | turn time |
| characters | approve characters | turn characters |
| game | approve game | turn game |
| Other words: powers. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Oz, in turn, does not approve of her knowledge of these things, particularly guns, which turn out to have recently been invented by the Witch of the South and are a matter of utmost secrecy.
Source: Manhwa / Dorothy of Oz -
Henpecked Husband: Lord Whiteadder appears to be this, considering that he has to sit on a spike instead of a chair — and Lady Whiteadder in turn sits on him — and seems to approve of things that his wife considers the work of Satan.
Source: Series / Blackadder - Those same Senators, in turn, betray and attempt to murder their own Empress for passing policy they don't approve of.
Source: Treacherous Advisor
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