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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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“While it is difficult to predict the exact timing of a steel price reversion from the currently elevated levels, for now we believe Sims remains a key beneficiary,” says RBC.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 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

With those strategies, reversion to the mean didn’t mean very much.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

Instead he mapped out a scenario in which a reversion to the mean price-to-earnings ratios of the past 25 to 30 years would happen sometime in the next few years.

From Barron's Apr. 29, 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

But because these reversions are rare events, the new vaccine’s true worth could not be known until it was used widely under close scrutiny.

From Science Magazine Mar. 19, 2023

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

I have previously referred to the associations of ideas arising from ancestral reversions of memory, and from the principles of minimum muscular action and harmonic excitation.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison




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