reversion
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“While it is difficult to predict the exact timing of a steel price reversion from the currently elevated levels, for now we believe Sims remains a key beneficiary,” says RBC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
Jones, who accurately predicted the 1987 stock-market crash, said the U.S. is far too “dependent on firm equity prices,” and sees a possible 35% crash in the next few years, based on mean reversion.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
“If you think about the periodicity of significant bear markets, since 1970 we get kind of a mean reversion about on average every 10 years,” he said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
“This way, with a reversion clause on the owl, someone would be hunting me.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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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
Her estates were all turned into money—that is, the reversions sold—two years ago.
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu