as in to return
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
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Recent Examples of revert
Now, those same bases are reverting back to their original names, this time with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames — the Army found other service members with the same last names to honor.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
After which, Too Much will revert back to cheerier Netflix mode.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 July 2025
But this reverted a bit, Palmer said, during the last election.
—Ashley Lopez, NPR, 1 July 2025
After decades of multiple people trying to get a live-action Akira off the ground, the rights have reverted back to Kodansha.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
After which, Too Much will revert back to cheerier Netflix mode.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 July 2025
But this reverted a bit, Palmer said, during the last election.
—Ashley Lopez, NPR, 1 July 2025
After decades of multiple people trying to get a live-action Akira off the ground, the rights have reverted back to Kodansha.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revert
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Under the new kickoff format designed to lessen the chance of big hits, there were 332 more kickoff returns in 2024 than in 2023, when the league recorded the lowest return rate in its history, but 64% of kickoffs still ended in touchbacks and thus were not returned.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Although after that incident, the podcast host had no interest in returning.—
Daysia Tolentino,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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