revert
verb (used without object)
to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc..
reverts
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present tense formof revert (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Instead, on Friday Mr. Warsh rejected the assumption embedded in the Fed’s current economic models that inflation naturally reverts to its 2% level over the longer term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Whether the baseball team that calls Angel Stadium home reverts to its hometown name remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even if everything reverts back to how we used to experience the app a week ago, the damage has been done.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
But Zhao and O’Farrell’s screenplay consistently reverts to histrionics and outsized displays of emotion, never once burrowing into how either William or Agnes really feels.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
She has virtually no accent until she talks to a Texan, when she instantly reverts.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
