as in to return
to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level
after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
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Recent Examples of revert
But Indiana's growth is projected to slow significantly in the coming decades as natural increase — births outnumbering deaths — gradually reverts into natural decrease.
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
Health inspectors ordered the plumbing works to be reverted before the establishment reopened.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
The Tuesday announcement also reverts the organization of the office to focus on external IT coordination, instead of also overseeing Health and Human Services’ internal use of technology.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 31 Mar. 2026
That also means that either reverting BIOS settings or performing an OS reset is possible.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 31 Mar. 2026
Health inspectors ordered the plumbing works to be reverted before the establishment reopened.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
The Tuesday announcement also reverts the organization of the office to focus on external IT coordination, instead of also overseeing Health and Human Services’ internal use of technology.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 31 Mar. 2026
That also means that either reverting BIOS settings or performing an OS reset is possible.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revert
return
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Houston has won two in a row in the series and gets to return home.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The Artemis program aims to return American astronauts to the moon's surface for the first time since 1972.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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