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inversion

[in-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪnˈvɜr ʒən, -ʃən /
NOUN
transposition
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Kris’ breakout movie was a high-concept inversion of “Psycho” told through the shower curtain’s POV.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Think of it more as an inversion, with a bottom-up view of its heroine Emma Harte’s life viewed through parallel timelines.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

For Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, this may be a harbinger of a “risk-off summer,” especially if it coincides with a yield-curve inversion and a breakdown in tech stocks.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

We cannot pretend to understand what such causality inversion means.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Back at the Cleveland Fed, researchers focused on the yield-curve indicator point out that inversions preceded each of the past nine U.S. recessions, including the most recent one in March 2020.

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

Speeds will reach 50 mph, and the coaster will boast five inversions that will take guests upside down.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Pollution spikes are common in the city of nearly 400,000, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the mountain-ringed city.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

"These inversions and adaptations are clear evidence that this is a fine-tuned antivirus system that has evolved over millions of years."

From Science Daily Nov. 3, 2025

Inversions of augmented intervals are diminished, and inversions of diminished intervals are augmented.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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