revert
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To begin the repair process, mature liver cells revert toward a fetal-like progenitor state.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The 98% share would revert to the original owner’s estate, a contingent beneficiary or a direct heir.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
General Atomics, the company that builds the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear for the Ford class, said the decision to revert to steam “warrants careful reconsideration.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The bill does not mandate the Angels — playing under a Los Angeles name in Anaheim’s city-owned stadium — revert to the Anaheim Angels name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“I wouldn’t have thought you had it in you,” she said archly, “to revert to old superstitions.”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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Whether the baseball team that calls Angel Stadium home reverts to its hometown name remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Normal overnight services will resume on Friday, when the department reverts back to an A&E.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even if everything reverts back to how we used to experience the app a week ago, the damage has been done.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
At the height of battle, some piece of advanced technology goes kablooey and a grizzled veteran reverts to boots-on-the-ground basics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
But then she reverts to her original misconception.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Trump additionally reverted the name of Denali, North America's highest peak, to its former moniker Mt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Tuchel reverted to a back five and made a number of defensive-minded substitutions in the closing stages as Lionel Messi inspired a dramatic comeback.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
For the memorial game, the Feeneys had reverted to their old batting order, so after Greenberg, the lineup would be wholly composed of Feeney elders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
As you can see from the chart below, on each past occasion when bitcoin has diverged from its fair-value line, it has subsequently reverted.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
He seemed to have reverted to his teenage self in their presence, but he deserved this time to be dumb—parenthood offers no vacations or sick days.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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In other words, yields finally are reverting to normal after the low-rate era following the 2008 financial panic and European sovereign crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some analysts argue he’s now reverting to his true nature.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Gyllenhaal has done the latter, it seems, reverting to flattened characters who don’t require bold artistic leaps or personal attachment, and thus don’t cause heartbreak if a film underperforms.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Assemblyman Avelino Valencia has introduced state legislation that could require any sale or new lease of the stadium property be conditioned upon the team reverting to the Anaheim Angels name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
It seems bent on reverting to orange no matter how many times I cover it.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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