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Yu Ruoh-rong, a professor at Taipei-based research institution Academia Sinica, said that while the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with loneliness, her research indicated that most Taiwanese people had reverted back to their previous social lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2025

Australian news outlets reported that some restaurants had closed, while others had reverted to an analog approach, with some workers taking orders with pens and paper.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

And Livramento looked considerably more comfortable once he had reverted to right-back having initially been deployed in midfield.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

Microsoft 365 Status later said it had reverted an update and saw an improvement in service — soon confirming recovery for impacted services.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Within a millennium, East Polynesian colonists had reverted to hunting-gathering on the Chathams while building a protostate with intensive food production on Hawaii.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond