reverting

Example Sentences

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Assemblyman Avelino Valencia has introduced state legislation that could require any sale or new lease of the stadium property be conditioned upon the team reverting to the Anaheim Angels name.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Atkins warned what he “would really hate to see” is a future regulator reverting to the adversarial posture of his predecessors.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“The reality is, now they’re having a hard time raising money and returns are reverting to the mean.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Ruth Kelly, the NAO analyst, said the government needed to avoid reverting to "that pattern of counter-productive quick fixes that we have seen in the past".

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

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