as in regression
the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior
after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion, acting like a baby himself
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Recent Examples of reversion
The reversion back to its former title is the latest in a series of name changes under the Trump Administration.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
To De Luca and Abdy, making that $90-million picture with a reversion deal was a judgment call based on prior results.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
The going-concern disclosure, near the end of the earnings report, makes clear that Kodak’s plans to right the ship—pension reversion, debt restructuring, and refinancing—are not entirely within its control.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Since then, any occasional deviation has always been followed by a reversion.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
To De Luca and Abdy, making that $90-million picture with a reversion deal was a judgment call based on prior results.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
The going-concern disclosure, near the end of the earnings report, makes clear that Kodak’s plans to right the ship—pension reversion, debt restructuring, and refinancing—are not entirely within its control.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Since then, any occasional deviation has always been followed by a reversion.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversion
regression
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While integrating Woltemade has perhaps exacerbated the diminishment of those returns, the regression also hints at something more fundamental with Newcastle’s attacking set-up.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Instead, it’s followed by very rapid regression.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Reversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reversion. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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