Example Sentences

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Researchers describe this pattern as an inverted U shaped response.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Discovery — and inverted the entire meaning of that tradition to mark the adversarial relationship between the press and power.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Through Guardiola's use of midfielders as inverted full-backs and having technical players across the pitch, City have always dominated possession under him.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Think: a jersey dress with knotted ruching in an unexpected shade of green, or leather mules with an inverted heel that makes you look twice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

However, the only swimming scene left intact by the English censor was an inverted reflection from a pool of water.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson