inflect
Example Sentences
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The analysts said that at Sweetgreen, they expect that “store traffic will take time to inflect positively as macro pressures are likely to persist and consumer spending remains depressed, particularly among younger consumers.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026
Bias: Value-oriented “accumulate” for patient investors; build positions gradually and be prepared for extended periods of underperformance until technicals and sentiment inflect.
From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025
“Not only at IBM, but the market overall, rebounded to inflect to growth,” Kavanaugh said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
If the two producers’ generally dissimilar sounds — Dessner leans pastoral, and Antonoff, synthetic — both inflect the record, it could be anything from folk to indie pop.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2024
Query to the class: How did the lady inflect the word Yes to call forth the injunction, Read it again?
From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
