How to Use reversion in a Sentence

reversion

noun

• His photos document the land's reversion to swamp.
• The chance of a reversion to the status quo seems slim.
  — Nicholas Goldberg, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
• Just as a break with the past cannot yet be ruled out, nor can a reversion to it.
  — The Economist, 15 June 2019
• The key to stopping this reversion may lie in the process that formed the modern welfare state.
  — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 13 June 2018
• To anyone who has lived through the chaos of the last four years, a reversion to the status quo ante is tempting.
  — Emma Ashford, Star Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
• In some senses, this is just a reversion to the historic mean.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 June 2022
• Many of the Bankhead Jones properties have a reversion clause in their deed.
  — James Brandenburg, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2021
• The first is that there is a reversion towards a tied result.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 19 Apr. 2018
• But a slow start at Ohio State was a troubling reversion.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2020
• When fall first hits, there’s a palpable excitement in the air for the reversion to sweaters and scarves.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2022
• And for companies at the extreme end of the spectrum, this reversion to the mean is very painful indeed.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
• But the latest update isn’t a full reversion to the Snapchat of old; there is one key difference.
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2018
• The coloration and reversion back to white after the removal of the UV source take only a few seconds.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• And now, the tensions with China, which hopefully don’t turn in a war, have kind of brought about a reversion.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 Oct. 2019
• The former should take a heavy hit from the downward reversion of multiples, and return just 1.7% a year.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
• With change and reversion seemingly out of the question, creative types feel compelled to boo and hiss in their movies.
  — Matt Patches, Esquire, 15 June 2015
• The shirts certainly catch the eye, with a reversion to a more traditional style.
  — SI.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• This is more about mean reversion than a runaway bubble.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2019
• And close European observers of the United States are not optimistic about a reversion to the mean.
  — Washington Post, 19 May 2018
• The result is an unusual reversion to a center-right party that doesn’t plan to throw any bombs.
  — Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 6 July 2019
• Under the changes, there has been a reversion back to the old rule where two Waza-aris equate to Ippon, a move which ends the contest between two judoka.
  — Matt Majendie, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018
• Yet the threat of a reversion to curbs remains as long as China persists with its Covid Zero approach.
  — Time, 31 May 2022
• This implies little-to-no reversion in wallet share from durable goods.
  — Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• In complex, highly adaptive systems, reversion to the mean is more likely to be found.
  — Dr. Paul Wendee, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Food delivery is a strange reversion to an old way of doing business.
  — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 21 May 2018
• Mrs May has long promised that there would be no reversion to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
  — The Economist, 8 Dec. 2017
• In her attempts to effect his reversion, Shakako takes her son back to her old village in Afghanistan, where long-simmering feuds abound.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• That reversion to the mean will result in two or three regular-season losses.
  — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
• The mean-reversion program used by Tiber Capital has returned 4% this year.
  — Stephanie Yang, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2017
• The Sandman will require no such dramatic reversion to form.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024