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reverse

[ri-vurs] / rɪˈvɜrs /






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U.S. stock-index futures reversed early losses on Sunday as the market braced for more volatility in oil prices this week, with the conflict with Iran threatening to escalate further.

From The Wall Street Journal

Reaves said he did pull off a similar feat this summer in a pick-up style, five-minute game when he collected his own missed free throw and hit a reverse layup to tie it.

From Los Angeles Times

In laboratory models, reducing the excessive DNA repair activity caused by abnormal TDP43 helped partially reverse cellular damage.

From Science Daily

They will replace images of historical characters who, starting with William Shakespeare, have appeared on the reverse side of its banknotes since 1970.

From BBC

Both figures were depressed by last fall’s federal government shutdown, an effect expected to reverse in the current quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal