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re·turn·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. returning, revertingadjective

    tending to return to an earlier state

  2. returning(a), reversiveadjective

    tending to be turned back

Wikipedia

  1. returning

    In retail, a product return is the process of a customer taking previously purchased merchandise back to the retailer, and in turn receiving a refund in the original form of payment, exchange for another item (identical or different), or a store credit.

ChatGPT

  1. returning

    Returning generally refers to the act of coming or going back to a place or situation. It can also mean giving something back to its original holder or place. In computer programming, returning refers to the process of ending execution of the current function and resuming it at the point in the code immediately following where the function was called.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Returning

    of Return

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Returning' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2966

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Returning in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Returning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Returning in a Sentence

  1. Nelson Mandela:

    There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

  2. John McInnes:

    If you are not fit enough to enter the United States, they are going to stabilize your condition for deportation, the steamship company was responsible for transit and your return trip. Just know that all of the immigrants returning back to Europe would likely be returning with the freight.

  3. Arnold Glasgow:

    The future is the past returning through another gate.

  4. Don Garber:

    Bear with us for a bit while we continue to finalize all the details of the Orlando project, as it relates to returning to our stadiums ... I cannot tell you today when we will be returning to our stadiums to play games. That has overshadowed the process.

  5. Charles Kingsley:

    Every winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down into a vale of grief, And fasts, and weeps, and shrouds herself in sables, Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay-- Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses.

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