reversal
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"Short-term increases in demand for coal as a result of an international supply shock should not be seen as a reversal of this direction," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Businesses now have the upper hand on labor, a reversal of what happened during the post-pandemic recovery.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
It attributes the beat to significantly lower exploration expenditure and a larger reversal of share-based payments, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
"People forget he was my carer, so it's role reversal, although I'm not really looking after him. I'm just trying to keep his spirits up."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He promises this gladly, and attends wearing mostly red with a touch of black, a reversal of his usual attire.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
"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
Plus, Republicans are fretting over Trump’s latest policy reversals, and how the World Cup became an unexpected triumph for America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
It’s important to put these dramatic share-price reversals into context.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bringing the constraints of cultural anthropology back into biomolecular analysis allows other reversals to emerge.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 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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Literary Element: The Speech & Analyze Literature
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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