reversions
- plural of reversion.
Example Sentences
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And although it occasionally evolves to regain its virulence, health officials are starting to roll out a more stable form of OPV that they hope will reduce the risk of these reversions.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 23, 2022
She added that, of course, tactical reversions to the ancient and “primitive” were recurrent modernist tropes.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
As Bob Dylan reversions a song for a compilation EP that turns classic tunes into same-sex wedding tracks, we look at how gender lyrics have evolved over the years.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2018
According to the figures, state officials had estimated that there would be $30 million in reversions, or temporary reductions, from state agencies for the year.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2015
Often they were good men in every other particular, but they were simply queer reversions to type—which indicates that at one time, not so far back in the history of evolution, all men were mules.
From A Circuit Rider's Wife by Harris, Corra