return to
phrasal verb
returned to; returning to; returns to
1
: to go to (a place where one works, studies, etc.) again after being away for a time
When do you return to school?
2
: to start doing or using (something) again especially after a long time
She hopes to return to working at home next week.
3
: to start an activity again that relates to (something)
He returned to his book after feeding the cat.
Let's return to your first question.
4
: to change back to (an earlier or original condition or state)
She soon returned to her old habits.
His breathing returned to normal.
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Mario Lopez, who co-hosts nominated talk show Access Hollywood, returned to host the ceremony for the fourth time.
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Even as Flamengo exorcised those Libertadores demons with victory over Ecuador’s Athletico Paranaense the following year, Palmeiras returned to haunt them in the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil final, emerging victorious in a seven-goal thriller.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
After taking a 15-year hiatus to raise her three children and grow her fashion brand, the actress and singer returned to the stage for the first time in over a decade in March and is next set to grace television screens in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming legal drama, All’s Fair.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The website showed that the plane was scheduled to return to the same airport.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Even as Flamengo exorcised those Libertadores demons with victory over Ecuador’s Athletico Paranaense the following year, Palmeiras returned to haunt them in the 2023 Supercopa do Brasil final, emerging victorious in a seven-goal thriller.
—Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
After taking a 15-year hiatus to raise her three children and grow her fashion brand, the actress and singer returned to the stage for the first time in over a decade in March and is next set to grace television screens in Ryan Murphy’s upcoming legal drama, All’s Fair.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The website showed that the plane was scheduled to return to the same airport.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Return to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/return%20to. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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