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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View 1 Images Working with a line of colon cancer cells, Korean researchers figured out a way to throw a few genetic switches to cause the cells to revert back to a healthy state.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
Cruella spends the first part of the movie supposedly reformed, thanks to some Jason Bourne–style government reprogramming, before reverting back to her evil ways.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Dan Burn has again risen to every challenge thrown at him, reverting back to central defence after Sven Botman’s anterior cruciate ligament injury.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
The New Jersey winner has until March 26, 2025, to claim the prize and if it's not claimed the unpaid prize will revert back to each participating Mega Millions jurisdictions, according to Mega Millions.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
Cruella spends the first part of the movie supposedly reformed, thanks to some Jason Bourne–style government reprogramming, before reverting back to her evil ways.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Dan Burn has again risen to every challenge thrown at him, reverting back to central defence after Sven Botman’s anterior cruciate ligament injury.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
The New Jersey winner has until March 26, 2025, to claim the prize and if it's not claimed the unpaid prize will revert back to each participating Mega Millions jurisdictions, according to Mega Millions.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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