reversal
Example Sentences
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Only here, it works against your cost of living, with little indication of a broad reversal.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
You could call this a startling reversal, given that Labour won an enormous parliamentary majority in the British general election less than two years ago.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The reversal comes after an outcry by parents who warned that it would disrupt their children's studies.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
That slight gain marked a reversal from March, when home sales dropped a revised 2.9%.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Explaining the reversal to the Associated Press, Ulbrickson broke cover, abandoned the dance of doom, and said simply what he believed in his heart about the sophomores.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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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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