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Recent Examples of reversal The reversal came on the heels of the State Court of Appeals ruling earlier this week that Adams’ administration could, in fact, move forward with enrolling the city’s roughly 250,000 municipal retirees in the controversial Medicare Advantage plan. Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025 In a reversal of the trend in recent days, most sectors are in the green — including travel, which is up 1.2% — while oil and gas shares are down 0.6%. Ganesh Rao,chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 June 2025 What To Know These policy reversals have been attributed by the states' Democratic leaders to mounting budget deficits and rising program costs. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 The Trump administration’s policy reversal and resulting mootness justify that outcome under standard precedent, the filing argues. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for reversal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversal
Noun
  • Prosecutors allege this is the moment Read put her Lexus SUV in reverse and pressed on the gas, striking O’Keefe and scattering pieces of her vehicle’s taillight across the scene.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
  • Read conducted and a crash reconstruction report showing Read’s SUV moving 87 feet in reverse at about the time O’Keefe’s car locked for the last time.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Measure Continuously: Track before-and-after metrics: turnaround time, report accuracy, downstream cost of care and patient satisfaction.
    Yidi Xu, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • To some newer residents, the vacant lot may be better recognized as the turnaround point for Boise’s Turkey Day 5K race on Thanksgiving.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Today’s models often treat people recovering from financial setbacks as inherently risky, even when their day-to-day behaviors show discipline and intention.
    Gabriele Buffo, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • The ruling is a major setback for Republican leadership, who are under pressure to expeditiously move it to the Senate floor to meet Trump's Fourth of July deadline for passage.
    Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • In addition to excessive force, the complaint claimed denial of medical care, governmental liability, supervisory liability, wrongful death and survival action, and that the actions of the law enforcement officers constituted a violation of the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993.
    Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025
  • In the wake of the MAGA movement’s dual 2020 loss of both the Trump presidency and the subsequent campaign of election denial, the conservative operative Steve Bannon called for a new electoral strategy.
    Ira Wells June 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • That’s a turnabout for the governor, who had mentioned those communities last year and in other previous statements recognizing the shooting on June 12, 2016.
    Steven Lemongello, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
  • The turnabout may have to do with the recent financial troubles at Tesla.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Britain is not the only country pressed into making a volte-face.
    London Business School, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The realities of Putin’s momentum, coupled with Washington’s volte-face, have led to a clear mood shift in Kyiv.
    Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The about-face in policy reflects a tension between the ideological belief that not creating moral hazard was the most important policy goal.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • In an about-face from last year, no one seems to be pining for the Mets to deal McNeil, who is under contract through next year with a club option for 2027 ($15.75 million both years).
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Their only hesitation were their concerns for his future.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • These travelers pausing their U.S. visits aren't swearing off the U.S. forever, but their hesitation shows the country's current political actions aren't going unnoticed.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 23 June 2025

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“Reversal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reversal. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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