reverting
Example Sentences
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Cyclical businesses don’t tend to revert to normal, often reverting to losses, and so he argues, “the time to buy a cyclical business is when they’re making losses, not when they’re making super profits.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Yet she argues those moments are often temporary, with Islanders reverting "back to the expected gender roles".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“A temporary break of ceasefire does not mean that the market is going to think we’re reverting to March, April conflict levels,” Doshi said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Pantalaimon was fully awake before she was, trying the shape of an arctic fox before reverting to his favorite ermine.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
