as in to return
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
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Recent Examples of revert
Trump quickly reverted back to Boston, before taking one final question in the Oval Office.
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Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
Hillerman would fire his agent, and the studio would never make the movie, so the rights would ultimately revert back to the author, opening the door for Robert Redford — a fan of the late Hillerman — to swoop in.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Without the new plan, the areas revert back to plans passed as many as 40 years ago — when the landscapes there looked a lot different.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
My makeup routine hasn’t completely reverted.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
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Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
Hillerman would fire his agent, and the studio would never make the movie, so the rights would ultimately revert back to the author, opening the door for Robert Redford — a fan of the late Hillerman — to swoop in.
—Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
Without the new plan, the areas revert back to plans passed as many as 40 years ago — when the landscapes there looked a lot different.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
My makeup routine hasn’t completely reverted.
—Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
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Other big stories ➤ More than 350 residents from Marana and surrounding southern Arizona communities gathered to criticize Management and Training Corporation's refusal to communicate on whether a shuttered state prison will return as an ICE detention center.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sanders has since been charged with intentionally abandoning a child younger than 15 without intent to return, a third-degree felony charge in Texas, according to court documents.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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