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reversion

[ri-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / rɪˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
reversal
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NOUN
return to a former state
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Antonyms
STRONG


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“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

Unterman believes that price gap “provides a logical mean reversion zone on any momentum stall.”

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

Even if this proves to be the exception, a near-term reversion to prewar oil prices sounds like a pipe dream.

From Barron's Apr. 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

The new cases, they add, underscore the need to boost vaccine coverage in order to head off such reversions in the first place.

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

He had founded a society for the purchase of reversions and acted as its solicitor.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Sir Leslie Stephen




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