as in to return
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
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And the highest mountain in North America, now known as Denali, will revert back to Mt. McKinley, its name until President Barack Obama changed it.
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Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Efforts were concentrated last summer on an unprecedented spending spree of nearly £200million on nine new signings, but the narrative this summer could revert back to players in the squad likely to attract weighty transfer interest.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
His proposal also would remove an enhanced credit for Idahoans 65 years and older, and instead revert them to the same credit that others receive.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
President Trump also reverted Biden’s rescission of a 2017 Trump-era memorandum that had created a list of sanctioned Cuban military companies.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Efforts were concentrated last summer on an unprecedented spending spree of nearly £200million on nine new signings, but the narrative this summer could revert back to players in the squad likely to attract weighty transfer interest.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
His proposal also would remove an enhanced credit for Idahoans 65 years and older, and instead revert them to the same credit that others receive.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 27 Jan. 2025
President Trump also reverted Biden’s rescission of a 2017 Trump-era memorandum that had created a list of sanctioned Cuban military companies.
—Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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