reversion
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There was still time for some curious changes and an all too familiar reversion to type at Fulham on the final day as the limp visitors suffered a 17th league defeat of the campaign.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“However, as the natural gas market looks ahead to early summer, any seeming reversion to the recent trend of hotter summers could stir bullish sentiment,” Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Paul Tudor Jones predicts a stock market crash within the next few years, citing a historical mean reversion cycle of about every 10 years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
Despite his recent affect, the secretary may be banking on a reversion to a more normal style of politics once Trump passes from the scene.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
But because these reversions are rare events, the new vaccine’s true worth could not be known until it was used widely under close scrutiny.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 19, 2023
She added that, of course, tactical reversions to the ancient and “primitive” were recurrent modernist tropes.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
As Bob Dylan reversions a song for a compilation EP that turns classic tunes into same-sex wedding tracks, we look at how gender lyrics have evolved over the years.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2018
According to the figures, state officials had estimated that there would be $30 million in reversions, or temporary reductions, from state agencies for the year.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2015
Her estates were all turned into money—that is, the reversions sold—two years ago.
From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
