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revert

[ri-vurt] / rɪˈvɜrt /


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The bill does not mandate the Angels — playing under a Los Angeles name in Anaheim’s city-owned stadium — revert to the Anaheim Angels name.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

The bus fare cap in England will revert to £2 from January, new prime minister Andy Burnham has announced.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Tasnim reported that "the status of the Strait of Hormuz would not revert to its pre-war situation".

From Barron's May 25, 2026

He always did that; since Richard’s Igbo had become near-fluent, Madu insistently responded to it in English so that Richard felt forced to revert to English.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Second, it is unclear whether the Strait of Hormuz reverts to an international waterway—the transit for a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil—or whether it remains under the control of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard.

From Slate Jun. 15, 2026

But he warms right up again when she reverts to Korean to assure him she can pay for the trouble he’s created.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

But the movie needs him to be the baddie, so he reverts to evildoing for no apparent reason.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Judges do not want to see reverts, where a trick has landed but the board is still spinning.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown; no one can say why...the child often reverts in certain characters to its grandfather....

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The strategy bought the market at that point and held until the market reverted to that mean.

From MarketWatch Jun. 24, 2026

For Friday’s U.S.–Australia match, the network reverted to full-screen ads.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

Only a few days after the pool was refilled, though, it reverted what it always is: a filthy slime pit that nevertheless does an adequate job of its primary objective: reflecting.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

Teams, perhaps due to conditions and lack of coaching time, have reverted to using a 4-4-2 that looks similar, in part explaining why games feel more open.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Avrion Mitchison then rejoined us, and the conversation for a short time reverted to the casual banter of the intellectual middle class.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

“A temporary break of ceasefire does not mean that the market is going to think we’re reverting to March, April conflict levels,” Doshi said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Some analysts argue he’s now reverting to his true nature.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.

From Salon May 27, 2026

Assemblyman Avelino Valencia, whose district includes Angel Stadium, has introduced state legislation that could require any sale or new lease of the stadium property be conditioned upon the team reverting to the Anaheim Angels name.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying:

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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