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
With those strategies, reversion to the mean didn’t mean very much.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 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
Experts say these reversions, though disappointing, seem to be extremely rare, and the vaccine appears much more genetically stable than its predecessor.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 22, 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
Careful breeding from the reversions will enable us in each case to determine the number and nature of the factors concerned, and in illustration of this we may take another example from rabbits.
From Mendelism Third Edition by Reginald Crundall Punnett
