REVERTING Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

reverting

verb

present participle of revert

as in returning

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 reverting Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Marathon Petroleum, YTD Cyclical (or mean reverting) businesses look cheapest at the top as P/Es fall on record earnings. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 The company’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid said the halo wheels move driver functionality forward, rather than reverting back to buttons. — Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Amid the energy crisis in the early 1970s, daylight saving time was shifted earlier, to January and February, before later reverting back to the last Sunday in April, per the Council of State Governments. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 Losing 4-1 was a result Norway were happy to take, reverting back to their first-choice XI for knockout-phase wins over Ivory Coast and Brazil. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026 Such plans would include reverting individual sailings or bringing the whole service back to the Cape of Good Hope route used since the start of the Red Sea crisis in late 2023. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026 At least Mercedes is reverting back to screwing things together rather than gluing things in a back-to-basics manufacturing push. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 11 June 2026 The state is reverting some districts to older lines that are more favorable to Republicans. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 May 2026 The ruling effectively overturned the city’s ordinance, reverting the election to November 2025. — Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

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The returning season will see new faces, and the return of the couple’s mothers, Penny Baines and Sarah Wigley, plus Sophie’s sister Georgia Habboo, and Jamie’s best-friend, Oliver Proudlock.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Diemer and Jafargholi join recently announced cast members Justice Smith, Charlie Gillespie, Emily Hampshire, Edvin Ryding, Robert Naylor, Sabrina Jalees and Priyanka as well as returning stars Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams.

— Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

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