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advance, develop, evolve, progress
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Ensuring virulence can’t be restored But what if researchers created a vaccine from a weakened live virus that’s unlikely revert to virulence? — Patricia L. Foster, The Conversation, "A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide," 13 Sep. 2019 Ownership of the names then will revert to the federal government, leaving no question as to whether the park can continue using them, Gediman said. — Los Angeles Times, "People cried when Yosemite restored historic names like the Ahwahnee. Here’s why," 16 July 2019 Lefthander Framber Valdez, who had an uneven performance in his most recent start, will return to the bullpen as the Astros revert to a four-man pitching rotation for the rest of the regular season. — David Barron, Houston Chronicle, "Astros to roll with 4-man rotation for rest of season," 8 Sep. 2019 In several cases, Fishkin’s team has checked back with participants about a year after the experiment and found that, while some had reverted to their old positions, over-all the effect held. — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, "What Happens When a Group of Strangers Spends a Day Debating Immigration?," 23 July 2019 Once the pitcher throws a strike and the Giants feel the bunt is off, Longoria will retreat and move into the shortstop spot or run to the second-base side of the bag while Crawford reverts to the left side as the only fielder. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Giants’ old-school players are buying into new-school defensive shifting," 4 July 2019 The trust is now contending that because the volunteer district has abandoned the building, the property should revert to the land trust’s ownership. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Julian volunteer firefighters nearing end of court fight to save their department," 8 Sep. 2019 The new bill in many ways reverts to an earlier version fiercely opposed by the Realtor group. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsom and top California lawmakers strike a deal to cap rent increases," 30 Aug. 2019 In the 1965 case Texas v. New Jersey, the Supreme Court ruled that, if the address of the owner is known, all of their unclaimed property should revert to their state of residence. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, "What Happens to All Those Unused Gift Cards," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'revert.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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