RETURNING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

returning

verb

present participle of return

as in restoring

to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place when I'm done reading a book, I always return it to the very shelf I got it from

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as in yielding

to produce as revenue this technology stock is expected to return a healthy profit

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as in responding

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction when I asked him to sit down to dinner, he returned that he would come when he was good and ready

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as in reverting

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways

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Recent Examples of returning Police parked anti-riot vehicles in a central Belgrade area to block the demonstrators from returning, and the violence soon ended. —

Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026 With Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes returning from injury, Simmons is looking to use less of that technique in order to protect his QB. —

Pj Green may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026 The airline pulled out of MIA completely last year and has no plans on returning. —

Miami Herald, 23 May 2026 For 2026, Zatkin is bringing back one of last year’s more popular acts, plus another returning group and two series newcomers. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026 Instead, Garver quickly found another solution before returning for her screen test. —

Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 Atlanta’s international airport now has added Ebola screening for people returning from central African countries affected by a deadly epidemic, health officials said. —

Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 May 2026 This is similar to the way returning citizens face civic exclusion after incarceration. —

Shianne Leclaire, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026 The Timberwolves have interest in him returning next season. —

Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 17 May 2026

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Regional Transportation District officials have agreed to give the Front Range Passenger Rail District $3 million this year for public education about the first phase of restoring train service linking Colorado cities.

— Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
The feasibility study suggested adding trails and basic amenities, restoring the forest, and undertaking major stabilization work.

— Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026