inversion
Example Sentences
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The aim, from the start, was not to spotlight people but to illuminate architecture—an inversion of the usual transit instinct to flood everything with harsh brightness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Allen, from what I can tell, was not advocating for social revolution, or a total inversion of the market economy, or the consecration of a Marxist state.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
He says that men should watch out for lumps, pain, discomfort or nipple inversion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Using the buoy data in a technique known as inversion, the team reexamined the source of the tsunami.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
We cannot pretend to understand what such causality inversion means.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing inversion
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Genetics - Middle School
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