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Recent Examples of invert
On his last record, Reduction of Man, Jaffe inverted his approach, triggering events for his group to respond to rather than augmenting his own playing.
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Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2025
For bras, ensure the cups have been readjusted to their appropriate shape and aren’t accidentally inverted before laying them out to dry.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
These conversations tend to invert the ostensible purpose of celebrity interviews.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
But in recent months, the yield curve has been inverted, with shorter-term CDs offering better rates.
—Tim Maxwell, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
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Then for some reason the switch flipped, and then down the stretch a couple of good things happened.—
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One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
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On the very next play, after officials reversed their initial ruling of a touchdown, the Bills went back to the well as Allen was pushed into the end zone without much of a Jaguars threat.—
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Andrea's conviction was reversed, and the case was retried in 2006.—
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“Invert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invert. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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