as in breakdowns
the act or an instance of returning to a usually worse state or condition
She discussed some ways to help avoid a relapse after quitting smoking. After a long period of cancer remission, he suffered a relapse.
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as in reverts
to return to a usually worse state or condition
After a few good months of keeping their rooms clean, the kids relapsed into their old untidy habits.
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Recent Examples of relapses
Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Alaba is already 33 and, for almost two years now, injuries or relapses have prevented him playing regularly, so his recovery has been viewed with pessimism within the club.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Compared with the men in the study, women were 8 percent less likely to receive disease-modifying drugs to manage symptoms and 20 percent less likely to get newer medications that are highly effective at reducing multiple sclerosis relapses, according to findings published in the journal Neurology.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Hahn has an infusion of tysabri once a month to reduce the number and severity of MS relapses.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Alaba is already 33 and, for almost two years now, injuries or relapses have prevented him playing regularly, so his recovery has been viewed with pessimism within the club.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Compared with the men in the study, women were 8 percent less likely to receive disease-modifying drugs to manage symptoms and 20 percent less likely to get newer medications that are highly effective at reducing multiple sclerosis relapses, according to findings published in the journal Neurology.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relapses
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To avoid future breakdowns, organizations must implement staged rollouts, maintain geographic redundancy and test failover systems regularly.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Stay tuned for my breakdowns and predictions of these games later in the week.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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The deduction and the phase-out levels will increase by 1% a year until 2029, when the cap reverts back to the original $10,000.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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This year has taught me that setbacks don’t define us — our comebacks do.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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From a business standpoint, this can translate to fewer legal and reputational setbacks.—
Vidya Plainfield,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Public records and lawsuits show that many in-custody deaths involved serious health care lapses — medication being withheld, delayed care and failure to monitor people with serious illnesses.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Army has released its own report detailing several lapses in how officials leading Card's unit dealt with the reservist's spiraling mental health.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over decades of research, Culhane has documented the plight of people born between 1955 and 1965 who came of age during recessions and never got an economic foothold.—
Felice J. Freyer,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Historically, recessions begin and end with payroll employment, with jobs.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Is the number of American students who die or are seriously injured in vehicle crashes abroad tracked?—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Two pedestrians were critically injured after being hit by cars in separate crashes in Fort Worth Saturday night, police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Sep. 2025
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Last season evolved into a 6-11 record beneath a year-long black cloud of injuries, personal traumas, fourth-quarter collapses, defensive deficiencies, and special-teams chaos.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Without adaptation, profitability collapses and solvency risks rise.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This includes scalable infrastructure that runs red team evaluations on every model update, integrating with CI/CD pipelines to catch possible regressions before deployment.—
David Talby,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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After giving up three out of four games in their latest series against the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees still hold a multi-game lead over the Kansas City Royals for a playoff spot, despite numerous injuries and surprising regressions for their star players.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Relapses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relapses. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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