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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Trump will also sign an order reverting the name of Alaska’s Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley, according to a New York Post article shared on X by incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
That reverting the story to its more intimate roots was Coppola’s big ask still makes Gersten emotional.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
After five years, unused funds would start reverting back to the states.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump’s order, titled Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness, also demanded the highest peak in North America, currently called Denali, be reverted back to the name Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
That reverting the story to its more intimate roots was Coppola’s big ask still makes Gersten emotional.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Jan. 2025
After five years, unused funds would start reverting back to the states.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump’s order, titled Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness, also demanded the highest peak in North America, currently called Denali, be reverted back to the name Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revert. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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