Return and Update

Return

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Update and return are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Update" instead a verb "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Update verb - To adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage.

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Return and update are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Return" instead a verb "Update".

Nearby Words: updated, updating

rest	return rest	update rest
way	return way	update way

Optional openings return in X Rebirth's 2.0 update, where each start has an alternate cockpit layout for the Albion Skunk, weapon loadout, ships upgrades, credits, and property.

Source: Multiple Game Openings
Anyway, the return was never confirmed to be a bug, and didn't inexplicably stick around for a few years anyway only to finally vanish with another major site update.

Source: Discontinuity / Meta
With the return of the 5th Column in a later update, the two groups occasionally go at it again in some zones.

Source: Video Game / City of Heroes

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Update and Return. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/return/update

Return & Update. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/return/update>.

Update or Return. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/return/update.

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