reversed
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NPH is one of the few causes of dementia that can be controlled or reversed with surgical treatment, usually involving the placement of a shunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
These findings suggested that some biological changes associated with old age could be at least partially reversed by restoring Menin activity in a specific group of brain cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The drop in oil prices reversed an initial spike that came in response to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at the weekend.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
A study from researchers at the City University of New York and King’s College London found that GPT-5.2 “did not simply improve on GPT-4o’s safety profile”—according to the researchers’ data, “it effectively reversed it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
During the next 6,500 years there were remarkable technological advances—the invention of the water-wheel and the windmill, for example—but until 400 years ago technological change was slow, and it was frequently reversed.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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