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
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
The first is that mean reversion is a natural process in a competitive economy: High profit margins attract competitors, and the resultant competition ultimately will cause those margins to decline.
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
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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
But leaving these impertinences, in the material Sunshine, we eat a substantial dinner, and like miserable guests we did budget up the reversions.
From The Pennyles Pilgrimage Or The Money-lesse Perambulation of John Taylor by John Taylor