as in returned
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 reverted
Trump reverted back to the names honoring confederates.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
The rest of the patch notes include a ton of AI changes, some balance changes for the hardcore wipe, which is still proving controversial despite a lot of the most egregious changes being reverted already, and a big list of bug fixes.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Some realized remote was the way to go, while others reverted and pushed workers back to offices.
—Toni Ann Careccio-Pisano, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
And in recent weeks, the market has reverted back to the narrative of the early days of this bull market.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
The courthouse closed in 2017, and a deed search on the building revealed that the property reverted back to six of the original landowners.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
The rest of the patch notes include a ton of AI changes, some balance changes for the hardcore wipe, which is still proving controversial despite a lot of the most egregious changes being reverted already, and a big list of bug fixes.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Some realized remote was the way to go, while others reverted and pushed workers back to offices.
—Toni Ann Careccio-Pisano, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
And in recent weeks, the market has reverted back to the narrative of the early days of this bull market.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
The courthouse closed in 2017, and a deed search on the building revealed that the property reverted back to six of the original landowners.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverted
returned
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After Rogen gave a short and seemingly improvised speech, Bargatze returned for a brief monologue.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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My mother regularly intercepted the packages, returned the items, and used the money to buy food for our family.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Reverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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