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Return of the standards of Crassus
The return of the standards of Crassus was a 20 BC settlement in which Phraates IV of Parthia handed back to Augustus standards lost at Carrhae and by Antony.
Return of Zimri-Lim to Mari
The return of Zimri-Lim to Mari was the exiled prince's recovery of Mari around 1776 BC, ending Assyrian rule and restoring the Lim dynasty to power.
Return on assets
Return on assets (ROA) is a profitability ratio relating a company's earnings to its total assets, most often net income divided by average total assets.
Return on capital employed
Return on capital employed (ROCE) is a profitability ratio that divides a company's operating profit, usually EBIT, by its capital employed, taken as total assets minus current liabilities.
Return on equity
Return on equity (ROE), also called return on net worth, is a profitability ratio calculated as net income divided by shareholders' equity, ideally its average over the period.
Return on invested capital
Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a profitability ratio measuring a company's after-tax operating return per unit of capital invested, compared against its cost of capital.
Return on investment
Return on investment (ROI), also called return on costs, is a finance ratio comparing the profit from an activity with the amount invested, computed as gain divided by cost.
Return period
A return period, or recurrence interval, is the average time in years between hydrologic events of a given size, such as a flood exceeding a set discharge.
Return ratio
The return ratio is a quantity used in analyzing linear feedback circuits, introduced by Hendrik W. Bode in 1945 and often equated with loop gain.
Return stroke
The return stroke is the intense upward-propagating wave of current and luminosity in cloud-to-ground lightning, the visible flash people recognize, traveling at about one third the speed of light.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (RtCW), 2001 first-person shooter by Gray Matter Studios and id Software, published by Activision; Quake III engine reboot starring B.J. Blazkowicz; PC Metacritic 88; ported to PS2 and Xbox in 2003; uncensored in Germany only in 2026.
Return to Dust (band)
Return to Dust is an Los Angeles-based alternative and grunge rock band. They rose to prominence through viral TikTok exposure and signed to Lava Records in 2024.
Return to Forever
Return to Forever: American jazz fusion band founded 1971 in New York by Chick Corea; first Latin-flavored ECM edition with Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke; classic electric quartet with Clarke, Lenny White, Al Di Meola; four Top 40 albums 1974-1977; distinct from the Amsterdam record label of the same name.
Return to Haifa
Return to Haifa (ʿĀʾid ilā Ḥayfā) is a 1969 novella by Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani about a couple who return to Haifa in 1967 to find their son raised as an Israeli.
Return to Halloweentown
Return to Halloweentown (2006) is the fourth Disney Channel Original Movie in the Halloweentown series, starring Sara Paxton as a recast Marnie Piper at Witch University; premiered October 20, 2006, directed by David Jackson, 7.5 million debut viewers, IMDb 5.3/10.
Return to Innocence
Return to Innocence is a 1993 Enigma song sampling an Amis folk song; it reached the UK top three and was used in 1996 Atlanta Olympics advertising.
Return to Mayberry
Return to Mayberry: 1986 NBC made-for-television reunion comedy reviving The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. characters; premiered April 13, 1986, highest-rated TV film of 1986, with sixteen original cast members but no Frances Bavier.
Return to Me
Return to Me is a 2000 American romantic comedy directed by Bonnie Hunt, starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver in a story of a heart transplant.
Return to Never Land
Return to Never Land, also known as Peter Pan 2, is a 2002 animated film. It is a sequel set in wartime London where Captain Hook kidnaps Jane.
Return to Oz
Return to Oz (1985) is Walt Disney's dark fantasy film directed by Walter Murch, starring Fairuza Balk as Dorothy, adapted from Baum's Ozma of Oz and The Land of Oz, a box-office failure that earned a Best Visual Effects Oscar nomination.
Return to Paradise (1998 film)
Return to Paradise is a 1998 American drama-thriller directed by Joseph Ruben, starring Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Joaquin Phoenix, and David Conrad; a remake of the French film Force majeure about two men deciding whether to serve prison time to save a friend from execution.
Return to Paradise (2024 TV series)
Return to Paradise (2024) is an Australian-British six-part whodunit, the second spin-off of Death in Paradise, starring Anna Samson as DI Mackenzie Clarke in fictional Dolphin Cove, filmed in Illawarra NSW, airing on ABC and BBC One.
Return to Sender (2015 film)
Return to Sender (2015 film), also marketed internationally as Représailles and Sede de Vingança, is an American psychological thriller directed by Fouad Mikati, starring Rosamund Pike as nurse Miranda Wells, who befriends and then takes revenge on her rapist (Shiloh Fernandez); released August 14, 2015, 95 minutes, 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Return to Silent Hill
Return to Silent Hill is a 2026 horror film directed by Christophe Gans, loosely adapting Konami's 2001 game Silent Hill 2, starring Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. Released January 23, 2026, it earned a 34 Metascore and a franchise-low $3.2 million US opening.
Return to Sleepaway Camp
Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) is a slasher film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, a sequel to Sleepaway Camp (1983) bypassing parts II and III, set at Camp Manabe, released on DVD November 4, 2008.
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version is Ol' Dirty Bastard's 1995 debut solo album, the second Wu-Tang Clan solo release after Tical, with hits "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" and "Brooklyn Zoo," RZA-led production, and RIAA platinum certification in 2020.
Return to the 36th Chamber (少林搭棚大师)
Return to the 36th Chamber (少林搭棚大师, aka 少林三十六房續集) is a 1980 Shaw Brothers kung fu comedy directed by Lau Kar-leung, starring Gordon Liu as a con man who learns kung fu through scaffolding work at Shaolin; sequel to The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) is William A. Graham's sequel to The Blue Lagoon, starring Brian Krause and Milla Jovovich as island-raised adoptive siblings who fall in love; it earned 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and $2.8 million worldwide.
Return to the Land
Return to the Land (RTTL) is an American white separatist group founded by Eric Orwoll and Peter Csere, running a 160-acre whites-only community near Ravenden, Arkansas, since 2023, structured as a private membership association to evade fair housing law and facing federal discrimination lawsuits.
Return to Tsugaru
Return to Tsugaru is the 1985 English translation by James Westerhoven of Tsugaru, Dazai Osamu's 1944 travel book about his journey through the Tsugaru Peninsula.