invert
verb (used with object)
to turn upside down.
inverted
Example Sentences
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Two years ago, the yield curve was inverted, with 3-month U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
It said archaeological trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel whose fabric suggests a Bronze Age collared urn circa 1700-1500BC, typically associated with human burial".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
In a Bicentennial print, the Luiseño artist Fritz Scholder portrays a Native American man clad in an inverted American flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Even 2001’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” eventually reveals itself as a kind of inverted first-contact story, with humanity becoming the vanished civilization studied by synthetic descendants of the machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He did barrel rolls and wing-over-wing spins and even flew the plane straight down the street above their heads, inverted, then landed smoothly and taxied the plane right back to where they stood.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
