How to Use revert to in a Sentence

revert to

verb
  • When not in use, the screen reverts to a piece of art.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 23 May 2026
  • Is now the time for Farke to revert to this partnership?
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Before long, the farm reverted to desert.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Some of these, however, may revert to pure green with the passage of time.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
  • The buildings revert to city ownership at the end of a 30-year lease.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Genes for making cell walls reverted to a formula found in algae.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Pereira made nine changes to the side that had started in Denmark, to revert to something close to his strongest team.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • City officials said the schedule could revert to spring in a few years if the change proves unsuccessful.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In the end, Arsenal reverted to going long over the top of the City block.
    — Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • On offense, after a solid few days on the road, the Red Sox reverted to bad habits.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • The park will drop Chavez from its name, reverting to its original Campesino Park.
    — Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
  • After 2029, the cap is set to revert to $10,000.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • These are signs of the center moving to comply with a judge’s ruling late last month that ordered it to revert to its statutory name.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 June 2026
  • In exchange for the exemption, the team name would revert to the Anaheim Angels.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Some people may have no choice but to revert to flip phones, potentially cutting them off from essential apps and services.
    — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Any funds remaining when the program ends will revert to the federal government.
    — Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 18 May 2026
  • If the project does not receive money from the federal government, the plan will revert to the initial short bridge design.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Reverse 911 alerts will revert to mostly using a system that residents have to opt in to.
    — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Oil prices could quickly revert to spiking, to be sure, and stocks could get back to falling if tankers carrying crude can’t get through the strait easily.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Some 40,000 acres have reverted to dryland because of the shrinking aquifer.
    — Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026
  • That’s more like it, although Haaland reverted to his refreshing aw-shucks demeanor when asked about his latest brace of goals.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026
  • After a few days of getting the ball in the air and hitting line drives and home runs in Colorado, the Mets reverted to their ground-ball ways.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
  • Nutland added that in the wake of the Iran war, gold had reverted to its more traditional relationships.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The property had also reverted to its old name, Sycamore Valley Ranch.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026
  • Guimaraes is the creative spark and, without him, Newcastle revert to whipping balls into the box and have little threat through the middle.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 May 2026
  • Certainly, a key move would be for San Diego to revert to the City Manager model.
    — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • If those legal constraints are lifted, Ivey indicated the state could revert to earlier lines.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2026
  • The jailbreak rule states that if a team that’s killing a minor penalty scores a shorthanded goal, its player may leave the penalty box, and play reverts to 5-on-5.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • If the governor did not act on a prisoner’s application for release, the decision would revert to the parole board.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Most leaders can’t afford to wait weeks for insights that could inform their next move, and can revert to relying on generalizations to guide them as a result.
    — Alex Cooper, Fortune, 16 May 2026

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