revert

Example Sentences

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"I definitely saw a difference in my skin complexion and felt like I needed to keep up with it, because if I stopped, I would revert back to my original skin complexion," he said.

From BBC

She’s completely reverting back to being a little girl and doesn’t know how to deal with getting in trouble, and she’s not taking in what’s what’s going on; she’s completely disassociating.

From Los Angeles Times

Judges do not want to see reverts, where a trick has landed but the board is still spinning.

From BBC

“State-level mandates limit how much utilities can revert to long-term fossil dependence, even if federal authority is reduced.”

From Barron's

A valuation tool from investment adviser Research Affiliates estimates that, if valuations mostly revert to average from their end-of-January levels, U.S. large growth stocks might return just 1.4% annually in the next 10 years.

From The Wall Street Journal