return to
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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Jaxon returned to the cousin’s home that day, according to the family.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2026
But many had lost everything during the relocation process and had nowhere to return to.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
When the players return to training on Monday afternoon, Roberto De Zerbi will have no time for anyone dwelling on their sadness or disappointment.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Millions of Black Americans made the one-way journey from South to North between 1910 and 1968, but very few had to return to the South as part of their new working day.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2026
But many had lost everything during the relocation process and had nowhere to return to.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
When the players return to training on Monday afternoon, Roberto De Zerbi will have no time for anyone dwelling on their sadness or disappointment.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Millions of Black Americans made the one-way journey from South to North between 1910 and 1968, but very few had to return to the South as part of their new working day.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Return to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/return%20to. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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