reversion
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In a way, this move feels like a reversion to the fan magazines of the Old Hollywood era.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“The answer may be: more methionine capacity, a reversion in polyamide spreads and another round of cost savings as the company adapts to intense competition and slow demand growth,” Bray says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
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
As though her reversion had triggered an end to the fantasy, Lazlo reverted, too, and was himself again.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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And although it occasionally evolves to regain its virulence, health officials are starting to roll out a more stable form of OPV that they hope will reduce the risk of these reversions.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 23, 2022
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
The human cyclopean monstrosities, for example, might be regarded as reversions to the single-eyed sea-squirts, who are possibly the Ascidian precursors of the vertebrates.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot