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
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Financial Upside: Patients report a 54% two-year sobriety rate reducing relapse costs.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Mark Tatge, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
To relapse after that long is extremely rare, and my prognosis was not good.
—Suleika Jaouad, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
For Pree, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 19, finishing college amid relapses was a challenge.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Financial Upside: Patients report a 54% two-year sobriety rate reducing relapse costs.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
Very high-risk relapsed means the cancer goes into remission after treatment.
—Mark Tatge, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
To relapse after that long is extremely rare, and my prognosis was not good.
—Suleika Jaouad, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relapse
Noun
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The missed projection was the result of state reversions and unanticipated growth of services for aging and disabled residents.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The result for Minnesota was a reversion to its harassing, hit-first defense.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
25 May 2025
Verb
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The rights to Fixed reverted back to Sony, which tossed shopped the project into the market, for Netflix to fetch.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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The House passed a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown in March, but the bill reverted Washington to its 2024 budget until Congress can pass new appropriations by Oct. 1.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2025
Noun
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In the end, Remick buys Scorsese's script to kill it, leading to an emotional breakdown from the filmmaker.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Demographic breakdowns reveal higher proportions of white, urban, and employed individuals, with younger respondents more often uncertain or undecided about potential parenthood.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Verb
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The country’s first solar tax credits took effect in 1978, but were allowed to lapse in 1985, when President Ronald Regan was in office.—
Tik Root,
Wired News,
24 May 2025
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That law thankfully lapsed in 1800, even though the new president, Thomas Jefferson, later used it to sue a handful of newspaper editors for libel during his first term.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
23 May 2025
Noun
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In the 1970s, higher prices triggered recessions which shut down factories and left the public suffering, even when supplies were available.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Broadly speaking, investors expect the U.S. can avoid a recession, as long as tariffs do not return to the steep levels that were unveiled in early April.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The ruling is a setback for Khalil, who was detained in March.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2025
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Baldoni was hit with a major setback on Monday, when Judge Lewis Liman dismissed his defamation and extortion suit against Lively and the New York Times.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Air India crash At least 290 people died when an Air India jet crashed soon after departure from an airport in Ahmedabad, India, yesterday.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Boeing's narrowbody 737 MAX jets were grounded for years following two fatal crashes and have faced years of scrutiny and production delays.—
Dan Catchpole,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Critics of renewables will rightly point out that renewables are cheap as long as battery storage is not included in their price, and the sudden collapse of an entire electric grid for 12 hours incurs a staggering economic burden that should be priced into cost calculations.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The collapse of the Trump-Musk relationship has potential consequences for technology, business and American politics, as both wield considerable influence over politics and the business community.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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“Relapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relapse. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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