subvert
verb (used with object)
to overthrow (something established or existing).
subverts
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present tense formof subvert (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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First, AI subverts the tech giants’ economies of scale by lowering the relatively high fixed costs of writing software, which had served as a protective moat for these companies.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
The film may initially present Man-su as a sympathetic family man trying to make ends meet, but Lee quickly subverts those sentiments once Man-su’s methodical process betrays no sense of remorse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
“Misericordia” subverts the long-held idea that gay coming-home movies equate to weepy melodramas.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
However the company had previously come out strongly against this kind of data collection, saying in a 2019 blog that fingerprinting "subverts user choice and is wrong."
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
The first sentence, which says that most Internet users go to news sites in their own country, subverts its attempt to express a resemblance relation in three ways.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
