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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atavisms
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Studies show that adults with anxiety and untreated ADHD suffer greater functional impairment and more frequent relapses, meaning their severe anxiety or depressive episodes keep returning despite therapy or medication.—
Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez,
The Conversation,
16 Mar. 2026 -
In these cases, people have unpredictable attacks and temporary relapses followed by a period of recovery.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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The survey played out before most taxpayers had filed returns.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
22 Mar. 2026
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The warming trend returns for the end of the week and for the month!—
Mary Ours,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Watch for and prune out any reversions, which are individual shoots lacking variegation.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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But there are a wide range of both broken skills and weapons (go try out Sturm), and some promised updates or nerf reversions don’t seem to have happened at all.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trucking company lacked safety measures The findings point to a broader cascade of regulatory failures and safety lapses — by the state, the driver and his employer — that investigators say may have contributed to the crash.—
Alex Driggars,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Gandhi believes high-silica countertops should be banned, since even tiny lapses in protective measures put workers at risk of silicosis, and natural and low-silica alternatives are available.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Volpe earned just $879,000 this season, so that increase would mark a raise of more than 400% despite his regressions on offense and defense.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.—
Sebastian Crossa,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Atavisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atavisms. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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