as in reversion
the act or an instance of returning to a usually worse state or condition
She discussed some ways to help avoid a relapse after quitting smoking. After a long period of cancer remission, he suffered a relapse.
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as in to revert
to return to a usually worse state or condition
After a few good months of keeping their rooms clean, the kids relapsed into their old untidy habits.
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Recent Examples of relapse
Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Ensuring transparency and public trust will be essential in preventing a relapse into dictatorship.
—Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
The person is so confident with the change that they are not tempted to relapse.
—Dominik Szot, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Financial Upside: About 70% of patients remain sober at the 12-month mark after completion, allowing patients to keep their earnings in-tact and avoid potential expenses associated with relapse.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Ensuring transparency and public trust will be essential in preventing a relapse into dictatorship.
—Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
Patients have relapsed into alcohol or drug use, become violent or died after prematurely leaving mental health facilities.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
The person is so confident with the change that they are not tempted to relapse.
—Dominik Szot, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relapse
Noun
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However, the stock is now beginning to show signs of mean reversion, suggesting a potential rebound may be underway.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2025
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Historical data suggests caution: Rising unemployment rates and a reversion of the yield curve often precede recessions.—
Gene Goldman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The group of charities are calling on the government to revert this evidence threshold, as well as cutting time limits for people to submit reconsideration and afford them better access to information and legal advice.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Catch up fast: If the House doesn't act, D.C. will have to revert back to the previous fiscal year's funding levels — a reduction that officials have warned would affect police, schools, and other departments.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For a deeper look at valuation, see our breakdown on Tesla Valuation: Is TSLA Stock Expensive Or Cheap?.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Washington defenders retreated well, but no one picked up the Utah center — which was not a breakdown, just the proper way to guard in that situation.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Bunny, George, former Vogue fashion columnist Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) and flight attendant and lapsed Mormon Jerry (Matt Bomer) used to be an inseparable quartet, but time, distance and now George’s death have pulled them apart.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some have been released; others simply weren’t re-signed when their contracts lapsed.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For now, by contrast, the odds of a recession remain low, according to the central bank.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Despite his Microsoft’s past missteps, Luria and his D.A. Davidson colleagues last week became more bullish going forward against the backdrop of concerns about an economic recession.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Thorpe’s setback was part of a Saturday filled with painful injury updates for the Sox.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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Halterman recently had a setback with her health following a recent bout of COVID-19 earlier this year that landed her in the hospital for three days, requiring a heart monitor.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Our dashboard How Low Can Stocks Go During A Market Crash captures how key stocks fared during and after the last six market crashes.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Thursday’s episode comes after a series of incidents in recent weeks, including near misses, crash landings and accidents, including the fatal collision of an American Airlines plane and a US Army helicopter in Washington, DC.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The building collapse near the city's Chatuchak Market killed at least three people, Thai National Institute for Emergency Medicine said at 4:20 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET).—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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The last national recession was a brief collapse from February to April 2020, as the Covid pandemic ravaged the economy.—
Jenavieve Hatch,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Relapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relapse. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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