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 His demands include asking the company to revert back to open-source and an injunction to prevent OpenAI execs from profiting from AGI. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 24 June 2025 During President Donald Trump's second presidency, his administration has designated English as the national language, removed hundreds of books from military libraries that are about race relations and LGBTQ+ history in the United States, and reverted military bases to their Confederate names. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025 The base changes will solidify a campaign promise made by President Trump, who vowed to revert bases back. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 18 June 2025 Delivering remarks at Fort Bragg, which had been designated Fort Liberty before his administration reverted the installation to its previous name, Trump said the Pentagon planned to rename seven other bases. Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for revert
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  • Doubs suffered a high ankle sprain in Week 9, though, and didn’t return for six weeks.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • However, a routine scan in March 2025 revealed that the tumor was returning.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 1 July 2025

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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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