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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Adams started Bad Records a number of years ago as a home for his catalog, much of which has reverted back to him from Universal (which bought PolyGram, which had purchased his original label home, A&M).
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Melinda Newman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Upon a Time in Hollywood would revert from the studio to Tarantino 30 years after its theatrical release.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Sweden’s National Agency for Education reported that students using textbooks, paper, pens and pencils in school showed better comprehension than those using digital texts and their schools reverted this year to their former learning method.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
But in 2006, Japanese scientists identified a way to revert mature cells back into stem cells.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
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Melinda Newman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Upon a Time in Hollywood would revert from the studio to Tarantino 30 years after its theatrical release.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Sweden’s National Agency for Education reported that students using textbooks, paper, pens and pencils in school showed better comprehension than those using digital texts and their schools reverted this year to their former learning method.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2025
But in 2006, Japanese scientists identified a way to revert mature cells back into stem cells.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
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Alaba, meanwhile, had returned from 399 days out with his ACL injury in January.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The poll returned from a hiatus in 2024, when monthslong actors and writers' strikes in Hollywood disrupted the rollout of new and returning shows and delayed renewal decisions.—
Gary Levin,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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