How to Use in reverse in a Sentence

in reverse

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  • And, really, what is the American Dream if not a nostalgic song sung in reverse?
    Nathan King, airmail.news, 9 July 2026
  • Nothing forced the bargain in reverse; the rules simply accumulated, ordinance upon ordinance, until building for workers stopped making sense.
    Jonathan Tower, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The landscape changed around me; condensing from plains, desert, and mountains into the jungles of Central America, then unfolding in reverse, into the expanse of the altiplano.
    J.r. Patterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Everything was at stake for the Los Angeles Lakers, but as free agency started Monday, the organization seemed stuck in neutral — if not moving backward in reverse.
    Dan Woike, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The formula includes collagen-stimulating copper peptides and Matrixyl 3000 (a gentle retinol alternative) to quite-literally make the skin age in reverse.
    Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless Medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday in the dead of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could have spelled disaster.
    ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • While Hometown International and E-Waste were later involved in reverse mergers, investors lost what has been estimated to be nearly $5 million, which included consulting fees paid to the Cokers and Patten, prosecutors noted in their filing.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 July 2026

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