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as in to overturn
to change (as an opinion) to the contrary
the appeals court reversed the district court's decision
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as in to flip
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look
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as in reversal
a change in status for the worse usually temporarily
the party has suffered some major reverses as a result of the corruption scandal
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as in opposite
something that is as different as possible from something else
how could you think I don't like pizza, when it's just the reverse: I love pizza
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as in inverse
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Recent Examples of reverse
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Weinstein, 74, is facing sentencing in September on the conviction tied to Haley — a verdict reached in at a 2025 retrial after an appeals court reversed an earlier conviction.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
23 June 2026
By the way, Honeywell Technologies will also do a reverse split immediately after the completion of the Aerospace separation on June 29.
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Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Mark Harris Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Crow-Armstrong became the first Cub to hit a reverse cycle — home run, triple, double, single in order — in franchise history, reported team historian Ed Hartig.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Verb
But the Supreme Court reversed those rulings, saying in a 6-3 decision that immigrants from Syria and Haiti are not entitled to judicial orders postponing the terminations of their temporary deportation protections.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Weinstein, 74, is facing sentencing in September on the conviction tied to Haley — a verdict reached in at a 2025 retrial after an appeals court reversed an earlier conviction.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
Noun
Its 5,010mAh battery supports reverse charging to power your earbuds or a secondary phone in an emergency.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
23 June 2026
By the way, Honeywell Technologies will also do a reverse split immediately after the completion of the Aerospace separation on June 29.
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Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Adjective
According to Cubs historian Ed Hartig, Crow-Armstrong became the first player in franchise history to complete a cycle in reverse order.
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Mark Harris Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Crow-Armstrong became the first Cub to hit a reverse cycle — home run, triple, double, single in order — in franchise history, reported team historian Ed Hartig.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverse
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At least some of Mahajan's family managed to jump out safely, but Mahajan was still inside when the carriage clipped another horse carriage and overturned.
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As of mid-June, no state insurance AI rule has been challenged in court, let alone overturned.
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Digital computers force all information processing into discrete, high-precision, clocked steps, with billions or trillions of bits flipped every second.
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But Miller credited his club for flipping the script and locking in defensively this past week.
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The reversal was driven largely by Claude Code, Anthropic’s autonomous coding tool.
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The official said the demand to dismantle Black Economic Empowerment policies was viewed internally as a direct reversal of commitments made to South Africans who fought against apartheid.
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Jensen Huang Says Agentic AI Makes Snowflake Stronger Then Jensen Huang walked on stage at GTC Taipei and said the opposite of what everyone feared.
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The two are still polar opposites; Sally is a dutiful mother who bakes beautiful cakes and avoids men while Gillian is all about finding literal Chads on Tinder.
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Witnesses testified that Sherman, who had grown paranoid, was armed with a gun and shot Makinano twice in the back as Makinano attempted to get away.
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Your agent is not going to watch your back, your manager is not going to watch your back.
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It’s not yet confirmed if the reversed look that was seen initially will be released at retail.
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As the number of reversed-conviction lawsuits exploded over the past decade, the city spread most of the work around a dozen firms, who deployed more than 200 attorneys in all plus another 200-plus support staffers.
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Therefore, the next step is for the stock to continue building on the breakout attempt from the inverse head and shoulders pattern discussed earlier.
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Another finding of the study was the inverse correlation between zinc uptake in the stinger and the claws.
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Valentin, whose license was already revoked in New York at the time, fled the scene to New Jersey.
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Iran's training base was relocated from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana, Mexico, and the team's ticket allocation was revoked days before the tournament began.
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“Reverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverse. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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