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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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The recent backlash against AI-generated music has prompted “a reversion back to the real” with bands using more instruments and needing more space to record, Mihalka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

In a way, this move feels like a reversion to the fan magazines of the Old Hollywood era.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

“The answer may be: more methionine capacity, a reversion in polyamide spreads and another round of cost savings as the company adapts to intense competition and slow demand growth,” Bray says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

There was still time for some curious changes and an all too familiar reversion to type at Fulham on the final day as the limp visitors suffered a 17th league defeat of the campaign.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

And although it occasionally evolves to regain its virulence, health officials are starting to roll out a more stable form of OPV that they hope will reduce the risk of these reversions.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 23, 2022

She added that, of course, tactical reversions to the ancient and “primitive” were recurrent modernist tropes.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019

As Bob Dylan reversions a song for a compilation EP that turns classic tunes into same-sex wedding tracks, we look at how gender lyrics have evolved over the years.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2018

According to the figures, state officials had estimated that there would be $30 million in reversions, or temporary reductions, from state agencies for the year.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2015

As in the case of like reversions in the past it is the forerunner of growth.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound


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