as in reversion
the act or an instance of returning to a usually worse state or condition
She discussed some ways to help avoid a relapse after quitting smoking. After a long period of cancer remission, he suffered a relapse.
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as in to revert
to return to a usually worse state or condition
After a few good months of keeping their rooms clean, the kids relapsed into their old untidy habits.
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Recent Examples of relapse
Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Long-term methadone therapy has proven highly effective in lowering the risks of relapse and overdose while improving overall well-being.
—Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 17 June 2024
The couple was afraid that they would be thrown out of the house and that Mullis would mentally relapse and act out on his impulses again.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Earlier this week, Kim, 60, and her sister Kyle Richards were reportedly involved in a dispute amid Kim’s relapse into her alcohol addiction.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Long-term methadone therapy has proven highly effective in lowering the risks of relapse and overdose while improving overall well-being.
—Patricia Weiser, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
Among participants with a history of alcohol use disorder, relapsing was less common with semaglutide, occurring for 22.6 percent of participants on this drug compared with 43.0 percent of people taking other weight loss medicines.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 17 June 2024
The couple was afraid that they would be thrown out of the house and that Mullis would mentally relapse and act out on his impulses again.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
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Light: What key takeaways should financial advisors and investors consider from your research on mean reversion?Larry Light, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The risk of an al Qaeda comeback is real, but Afghanistan’s reversion to its pre-9/11 role as a safe haven for jihadi terrorism is unlikely.Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2021
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And in recent weeks, the market has reverted back to the narrative of the early days of this bull market.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
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The score reverted back to 13-7 as Empower Field couldn’t believe what Indy had just left under the tree.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2024
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This breakdown also makes flaxseed more sensitive to oxidation or spoiling.Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 16 Dec. 2024
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In a worrying echo of the breakdown in trust between Wolves and O’Neil’s predecessor Lopetegui, O’Neil’s confidence in the owners’ ability and willingness to back him was never restored.Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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By this time, his grandfather’s original patent had lapsed, leaving the door open for other manufacturers, so the company sought to stand out in the snow globe industry as the original.Erik Trinidad, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Senate approved a spending measure early Saturday to keep government money flowing through mid-March, sending it to President Biden for his signature and closing a chaotic endgame in Congress minutes after federal funding had lapsed.Carl Hulse, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Even though the economy is strong and there’s no recession on the horizon, that’s not how consumers feel.Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The recession was in the past, office space at a premium and residential development on the rise.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Despite an initial setback in November, where the court declined their request, the teams eventually triumphed on appeal.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Yet both of those extended bull cycles featured two 19% S & P 500 setbacks each (in 1990, 1998, 2011 and 2018), barely stopping short of a loss that would’ve punctuated them.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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Wheaton has amassed more than 100,000 followers on Instagram but made her account private days after the fatal crash.Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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The parent involved in the crash does have a past medical history that may have contributed to the incident, so investigators have ruled out intoxication as a factor, according to Salazar.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Massachusetts officials repeatedly failed to hold Steward Health Care accountable for regulatory violations for over a decade, contributing to the hospital chain's eventual collapse and undermining parts of the state's health care system.Mike Deehan, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Lawmaking has largely ground to halt since the government’s collapse.Sophie Tanno, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Relapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relapse. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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