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
Finally, for unknown reasons, hydrangeas of any color may suddenly bloom in green for a year or two before reverting back to their original color.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
The third, introduced on April 16, added a system prompt instruction capping the model’s responses at 25 words between tool calls—a change Anthropic said measurably hurt coding quality before it was reverted four days later.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Democrats currently hold a 6-5 edge, and the new map will hold until the process reverts back to a bipartisan redistricting commission after the 2030 Census.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026
How about 162 games — with just two left before the win-loss column reverts back to 0-0 for the playoffs.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
The third, introduced on April 16, added a system prompt instruction capping the model’s responses at 25 words between tool calls—a change Anthropic said measurably hurt coding quality before it was reverted four days later.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
Democrats currently hold a 6-5 edge, and the new map will hold until the process reverts back to a bipartisan redistricting commission after the 2030 Census.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026
How about 162 games — with just two left before the win-loss column reverts back to 0-0 for the playoffs.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revert
return
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Houston has won two in a row in the series and gets to return home.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The Artemis program aims to return American astronauts to the moon's surface for the first time since 1972.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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