REVERSING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

reversing

verb

present participle of reverse

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 The researchers demonstrated that the direction could be switched by reversing the voltage polarity. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026 The Honduran National Congress approved a decree in 2024 reversing previous state actions that opened the door to mining in Carlos Escaleras Mejía National Park. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 Some aligned with Bolsonaro propose lowering corporate taxes and reversing tax code changes set to take effect in January. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Witnesses say the driver rammed his victim, pinning her against her own car before reversing and ramming her a second time. — Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Neocloud CoreWeave has had a volatile session, initially falling on growing concerns about its rising cost of capital before reversing course and moving higher. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 After Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Germany, which in 2021 had imported more than half of its gas from Russia, initially opposed an embargo on Russian oil and gas before reversing course in May of that year. — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 In May 2024, the York County Board of Zoning Appeals ruled that solar panel manufacturing should not be allowed in light industrial zones — reversing an earlier county staff decision that had cleared Silfab’s project. — Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 The findings come three decades after the democratic government introduced a raft of measures — known as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) — aimed at reversing the dispossession suffered by Black people under apartheid and colonialism. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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For instance, the measure would prevent courts from overturning approvals of qualifying projects because of CEQA violations.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Three previous attempts to evict the 87-year-old were denied by the courts, but in March, the Supreme Court ruled against her, overturning a January 2022 decision in her favor.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of overturning

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With each episode flipping perspective between the police operation and the robbers barricaded inside, The Day constantly resets the narrative.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Woods, then, was in a car crash on Jupiter Island, flipping his Land Rover.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of flipping

Verb

The celebrities sucked up a lot of air, and so the show leaned in, switching to all-celebrity casts.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Anthropic’s launch of Claude Duet may be partly defensive, giving Claude Pro and Max users a way to hand off more of their daily tasks without switching to a rival’s assistant.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of switching

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