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revert

[ri-vurt] / rɪˈvɜrt /


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Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

However, it found households "revert to their pre-adoption grocery spending patterns" when they stop taking their medication, and even shift toward slightly less healthy grocery baskets.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

In exchange for the exemption, the team name would revert to the Anaheim Angels.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Tasnim reported that "the status of the Strait of Hormuz would not revert to its pre-war situation."

From Barron's May 24, 2026

Maybe old people revert back to when they were young when they get scared.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Second, it is unclear whether the Strait of Hormuz reverts to an international waterway—the transit for a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil—or whether it remains under the control of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard.

From Slate Jun. 15, 2026

But the movie needs him to be the baddie, so he reverts to evildoing for no apparent reason.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Ultimately, equity bulls are hoping the U.S. economy reverts to the “Goldilocks” environment that persisted for much of the 2010s.

From MarketWatch Jan. 9, 2026

But Zhao and O’Farrell’s screenplay consistently reverts to histrionics and outsized displays of emotion, never once burrowing into how either William or Agnes really feels.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

But on some of these dish-drying nights he reverts to what I consider to be his true self.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

But within just a few months, I’d reverted to my old habits—immediately glancing at and engaging with every ping and alert, and reflexively picking up my phone to scroll through my rotation of go-to websites.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Tuchel reverted to a back five and made a number of defensive-minded substitutions in the closing stages as Lionel Messi inspired a dramatic comeback.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

For the memorial game, the Feeneys had reverted to their old batting order, so after Greenberg, the lineup would be wholly composed of Feeney elders.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Only a few days after the pool was refilled, though, it reverted what it always is: a filthy slime pit that nevertheless does an adequate job of its primary objective: reflecting.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

He reverted to his feelings as a guide in answering Max.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

The new terms fuel fee growth in the second half of this year and the first half of 2027 before annualizing and reverting to a typical high-single-digit percentage growth rate, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Yet she argues those moments are often temporary, with Islanders reverting "back to the expected gender roles".

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.

From Salon May 27, 2026

After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying:

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen




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