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inflection

[in-flek-shuhn] / ɪnˈflɛk ʃən /


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“The memory trade is alive and well,” and investors are at an inflection point where they need to decide if dynamics within the cyclical industry have changed for good, said Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C.J.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“This is an inflection point,” said Ricardo Torres, a Cuban economist at American University in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“Verra Mobility is at an inflection point, as the Company operates in a dynamic market that continues to evolve and grow,” Board Chairman Patrick Byrne said.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

America “stood at what a later era would call a racial inflection point,” he writes, as “the fate of Reconstruction and of the four million Black Americans also hung precariously in the balance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

I don’t know if I was praying as much as listening intently—trying to judge the success of my petition from every pause and inflection in Pefta’s voice.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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