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inversion

[in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
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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

Yet Masaomi Yasunaga does just that with his sculptures that draw on Japanese pottery traditions while transforming the creative process through a daring inversion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Coming from the west, the Pacific trade winds hit the cold air from the Humboldt Current and are forced upward in a classic temperature inversion of the sort common in southern California.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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