return to
phrasal verb
returned to; returning to; returns to
1
: to go to (a place where one works, studies, etc.) again after being away for a time
When do you return to school?
2
: to start doing or using (something) again especially after a long time
She hopes to return to working at home next week.
3
: to start an activity again that relates to (something)
He returned to his book after feeding the cat.
Let's return to your first question.
4
: to change back to (an earlier or original condition or state)
She soon returned to her old habits.
His breathing returned to normal.
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The launch attempt comes less than two weeks before Donald Trump returns to the White House.
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Meta and Amazon are both axing their diversity programs, adding their names to a growing list of firms across corporate America making similar moves in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article With fires still burning across Southern California, Los Angeles residents forced to flee their homes have started to return to their neighborhoods, many of them rendered unrecognizable, reduced to little but ruins and rubble by the relentless flames.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
In the last five days thousands of people throughout the Southland, from nurses who live in fire zones to firefighters who no longer have a home to return to, have apparently made the same pledge.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Meta and Amazon are both axing their diversity programs, adding their names to a growing list of firms across corporate America making similar moves in anticipation of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article With fires still burning across Southern California, Los Angeles residents forced to flee their homes have started to return to their neighborhoods, many of them rendered unrecognizable, reduced to little but ruins and rubble by the relentless flames.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
In the last five days thousands of people throughout the Southland, from nurses who live in fire zones to firefighters who no longer have a home to return to, have apparently made the same pledge.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Return to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/return%20to. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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