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reversion

[ri-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / rɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
reversal
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NOUN
return to a former state
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STRONG


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“Rebalancing helps prevent portfolios from becoming too concentrated, keeps risk aligned with the target and allows investors to benefit from the natural reversion of an asset class.”

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 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

Especially in states like New Jersey and Virginia, Latino-heavy districts have shown a major reversion toward Democrats.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2025

“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