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  • noun Plural form of reversion.

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Examples

  • So far we have become acquainted with two of them which recall reversions to early animal states.

    Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex Sigmund Freud 1897

  • You may have also heard that risk decreases as the time horizon increases, because the standard deviation of an investment's compounded average annual return decreases as the time horizon increases, due to mean reversions.

    Redefining Investor Risk 2010

  • You may have also heard that risk decreases as the time horizon increases, because the standard deviation of an investment's compounded average annual return decreases as the time horizon increases, due to mean reversions.

    Redefining Investor Risk 2010

  • All are reversions to Bush administration policies: abandoning the pro-abortion Freedom of Choice Act, failing to push for repeal of the law against open homosexuals 'serving in the military, refusing to release photos of abused Abu Ghraib detainees, reinstituting military war-crimes commissions, and extending his timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops for Iraq.

    Speaking Ruth to Power 2009

  • In all evolution there are reversions to types, which types may have been remotely located in the roots of the family tree.

    "The Golden Girl of Munan" by Harl Vincent, part 6 Johnny Pez 2009

  • Similar reversions to "Tiger Beat" standards of reporting happened whenever JFK hit the beach.

    McCain Campaign Attacks Obama For ... Taking His Shirt Off On A Beach 2009

  • Having been involved in two reversions of conditionally held property and one avoidance or evasion to date of return; a contract providing alternatives unmistakably curbs government over-reach.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Seals of San Diego Can Stay 2009

  • "However, office rental reversions remained generally positive."

    Swire Benefits From Fuel Hedging 2009

  • And even these modest reversions to the 1990s will affect only the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans, and not until 2011.

    Is Obamanomics Conservative or Revolutionary? Robert Reich 2009

  • And even these modest reversions to the 1990s will affect only the wealthiest 3 percent of Americans, and not until 2011.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Robert Reich 2009

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