as in regressions
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 reversions
Watch for and prune out any reversions, which are individual shoots lacking variegation.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversions
regressions
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The bureaucratic coldness of Bolshevik Communism and the violent regressions of Fascism were yet worse.
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The engineering team that was building new features is now fighting regressions.
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“Reversions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reversions. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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