How to Use revert in a Sentence

revert

verb
  • For starters, the rights to the movie reverted back to the band.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The free access was set to revert from weekly to once a year at the start of 2023.
    Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But Wahls hasn’t given up hope that the Iowa Democrats can revert back to the base of yore.
    Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
  • That way, if the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the state wouldn’t revert to its 1968 law.
    Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2022
  • If Diamond rejects the terms of the agreement, the rights would revert back to MLB and the teams.
    Joe Reedy, ajc, 2 June 2023
  • Tap the checkmark to resend or the X to revert the message.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2022
  • So the Biden-era rule in a way reverts back to the previous standard.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The subsequent plays revert her to her 40s, then her 20s.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This will last for at least 2 years, and then the industry will revert to its old ways.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • The state reverted back to standard time starting in 1968.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • If that happens again, the big moves higher for stocks and lower for bond yields may need to revert.
    Stan Choe The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 20 Jan. 2024
  • And when in this particular bind, the best step is the one the FDA appears to have taken: revert to the basics.
    Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The money can revert back to the school system if the county does not use it for an aquatic center.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 12 June 2023
  • Um, and, um, The Tiki twirl is gonna revert back to its previous name, the Calypso.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Maybe Dunkin’ will revert back to its old system; maybe customers will just give up on the chain and never come back.
    WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
  • But about that time, the board had reverted to its pre-audit practices.
    Emily Hopkins, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Utah’s policy would revert to the commission if courts halt the ban.
    Sam Metz and Lindsay Whitehurst, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The switch happened during the pandemic and shows no signs of reverting.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
  • The Amazing Race launches March 13, the same night that Survivor reverts back to 90-minute installments.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Unless, of course, your battery runs out, in which case your bike will revert to a singlespeed and send you back in time by 85 years.
    Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 21 July 2022
  • So Julie, a few years ago, started talking about maybe not waiting until the songs revert back.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Feb. 2023
  • When 100 years are up, the site will revert back to the city, with the exception of the air space above the podium, hotel and condo towers included.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Still, some think the league will revert to its 2-1 or 3-2 form come the postseason, when players are more willing to lay the body, and the conditions suffer.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Youngkin’s amendment sought to revert the minimum to 100 acres.
    Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • But within six months, these stocks reverted, losing most of their gains.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
  • When you're done using it, simply revert it back to its smallest size for easy storage.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Despite the best attempts, their edges may revert or curl back up after a few hours or, in some instances, minutes.
    Tayler Adigun, Allure, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Will the landscape revert to 2021, when valuations were at their peak?
    Gautam Nadella, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Fixes an issue in Safari where a tab may revert back to a previous page.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 15 July 2022
  • Some may still air on Spectrum while others may revert back to the producers, who will then be free to shop them to other outlets.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022

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