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
Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Peer support staff for people in jail, housing, and transportation assistance to try to reduce relapses.
—Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Only one, with the muscle-damaging condition myositis, has relapsed.
—Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
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Lind founded the nonprofit, Team Maureen, in honor of her older sister who died in 2006 after a relapse of cervical cancer.
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Despite initial treatment success, most patients relapse or develop resistance to the current therapies.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for relapse
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However, the stock is now beginning to show signs of mean reversion, suggesting a potential rebound may be underway.—
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Historical data suggests caution: Rising unemployment rates and a reversion of the yield curve often precede recessions.—
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In the days after the summit, the downtown reverted back to a filthy equilibrium.—
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After experimenting with ballerina nails (also known as coffin nails) Gomez reverted back to her signature long almond shape.—
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For a deeper look at valuation, see our breakdown on Tesla Valuation: Is TSLA Stock Expensive Or Cheap?.—
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And someone who's having a breakdown and crying non-stop, but yelling at people to sedate her....—
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From mismatched poles and arms for streetlights to lapsed access agreements with a ditch company — and expired permits from Broomfield — progress on Dillon Pointe slowed to a crawl.—
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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.—
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Strategists and fund managers have also recently raised the probability of a recession, a shift that stems in large part from concerns about the Trump administration’s fiscal policies.—
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This marks Goldman Sachs' highest recession risk since the regional banking crisis two years ago.—
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And with Julian then sharing the affair, that was a huge setback.—
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Emmett followed that setback with a June 2023 decision loss to Ilia Topuria.—
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Worried about the impact of a market crash on JNJ stock?—
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There is a crash on I-70 between I-435/Exit 411 and 78th Street/Exit 414.—
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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).—
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Scandals such as Bernard Madoff’s huge Ponzi scheme discovered earlier this century and the collapse of the energy firm Enron a few years earlier are proof enough of that.—
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“Relapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relapse. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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