as in returning
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 reverting
One dares to hope that Hollywood, for all its current ills, may finally be turning a corner, reverting back to when new ideas were held at a premium.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Other changes include renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Alaska's Denali mountain to Mount McKinley.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The president has similarly hinted at soon reverting the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the name the Cabinet’s military department bore from 1789 until 1947.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Now, the shag seems to be reverting back to its original form with A-listers such as Suki Waterhouse and Selena Gomez donning the look in recent weeks.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
The maps would be in effect for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections before reverting back to the independent Citizen Redistricting Commission.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Between dealing with the lack of hydration, product buildup, and my baby hairs reverting minutes after application in the heat, my edges have been through it.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 31 July 2025
Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Other changes include renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and reverting Alaska's Denali mountain to Mount McKinley.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The president has similarly hinted at soon reverting the Department of Defense to the Department of War, the name the Cabinet’s military department bore from 1789 until 1947.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Now, the shag seems to be reverting back to its original form with A-listers such as Suki Waterhouse and Selena Gomez donning the look in recent weeks.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2025
The maps would be in effect for the 2026, 2028 and 2030 elections before reverting back to the independent Citizen Redistricting Commission.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Between dealing with the lack of hydration, product buildup, and my baby hairs reverting minutes after application in the heat, my edges have been through it.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 31 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverting
returning
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Brown spent more than five years in prison for robbery with a deadly weapon before returning home to his mother.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The six returning starters are 12-0, and the five starters elevated from within the program are 10-0.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Reverting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverting. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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