How to Use revert in a Sentence

revert

verb
Definition of revertnext
Synonyms for revertnext
  • For starters, the rights to the movie reverted back to the band.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The free access was set to revert from weekly to once a year at the start of 2023.
    — Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022
  • But Wahls hasn’t given up hope that the Iowa Democrats can revert back to the base of yore.
    — Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
  • That way, if the Supreme Court overturned Roe, the state wouldn’t revert to its 1968 law.
    — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2022
  • However, this is the time to resist the urge to revert back to the way things were in 2019.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • After 30 years the buildings would revert back to the city for $1.
    — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2021
  • If Diamond rejects the terms of the agreement, the rights would revert back to MLB and the teams.
    — Joe Reedy, ajc, 2 June 2023
  • Tap the checkmark to resend or the X to revert the message.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 27 Sep. 2022
  • So the Biden-era rule in a way reverts back to the previous standard.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The main pitfall on your path is the risk of reverting back to bad habits, so stay strong.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The subsequent plays revert her to her 40s, then her 20s.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Students will not have school for the rest of the week and will revert to distance learning from Sept. 20-24.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2021
  • This will last for at least 2 years, and then the industry will revert to its old ways.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Her repeal would have reverted the top rate back to 35%.
    — Cnbc.com Personal Finance Staff, CNBC, 22 July 2024
  • Once the streamer's license ends, the rights will revert back to Disney.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • And this is such an easy fix -- revert back to Trump's policy.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The state reverted back to standard time starting in 1968.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2023
  • If that happens again, the big moves higher for stocks and lower for bond yields may need to revert.
    — Stan Choe The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Biden, notably, has not moved to revert back to the Obama-era policies.
    — Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 13 July 2021
  • The cycle ends when the next period starts and would revert to 28 days within a month or two.
    — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • If a 2022 budget is not approved, the budget will again revert to last year’s amount.
    — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Some – but not all – of those things will revert to pre-2020 travel norms once the pandemic fades.
    — USA Today, 7 May 2021
  • And when in this particular bind, the best step is the one the FDA appears to have taken: revert to the basics.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The money can revert back to the school system if the county does not use it for an aquatic center.
    — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 12 June 2023
  • All kinds of crime shot up during the pandemic, but the trends have reverted in the past couple of years.
    — Catherine Rampell, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • People revert to their routines (or the ones their bosses want from them).
    — New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • Um, and, um, The Tiki twirl is gonna revert back to its previous name, the Calypso.
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
  • After that, the movies revert to Peacock for the remaining four months.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • That change has been reverted, and Microsoft was seeing signs of improvement.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2024
  • To respond to the outbreak, the partners are using a novel monovalent oral vaccine against type 2 designed to revert much less frequently.
    — Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'revert.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: