reversal
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The breakup is a stunning reversal of a strategy that the company originally said would reduce healthcare costs and improve care by uniting insurance with its legacy retail pharmacy business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a stunning reversal just two days before Michigan voters decide one of the country’s closely watched Senate races.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
"If they lift the ban, it would be a way out for the government," Mansfield added, while noting there was currently "no sign" of the ban's reversal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
It’s a stunning reversal from just a month ago, when the same poll had Raman substantially ahead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
He did not know that this day, after enduring more than a week of bad news, he would enjoy a stunning reversal of fortune.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Comparing these records with known magnetic reversals showed that the deposits formed during the Matuyama Chron, a period that began more than two million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Most of the products a family may look at are labeled as “child protection,” and that brings home the role reversals involved in parenting your parents.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Industry executives and advisers say the tax reversals could push future data center projects to states that retain favorable tax regimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Engagement is slow, progress is incremental, and reversals are frequent," is the UN's sober summary of the past five years of on-off dialogue.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Obviously, that is no more than an average long-term trend, with innumerable shifts in either direction: 1,000 amalgamations for 999 reversals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing reversal
Novel Study: Of Mice and Men, Chapters 1–3
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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