reversion

Example Sentences

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Mean reversion, never an “if” but a “when” proposition, may already be occurring.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

I would add another reversion to the mean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

The EU also announced a reversion to the 100ml rule in July that year.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Buffett’s achievement is not that he overcame investing’s reversion to the mean, which is an irresistible force on Wall Street, but that it lasted so long.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

“This way, with a reversion clause on the owl, someone would be hunting me.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick