inverse
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The Ashley and Austin side, I knew the inverse graph for both characters would be very satisfying — to me, at least.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
He found the inverse correlation between rates and stocks is deeply negative at negative 0.5 — and the market’s rate sensitivity is as high as it’s been in several years.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
“If the yield breaks above its 2023 peak of 3.65%, reaching 18-year highs, we can expect the correlation to continue weakening toward an inverse correlation.”
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Spielberg’s film, released the year before “Testament,” is a sci-fi fantasy of suburban youth in a universe of expanding possibility—an inverse image of the considerably darker, not-so-improbable science fiction in which Scottie finds himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
This was a reference to a piece of mathematics known as the inverse square law, which Halley was convinced lay at the heart of the explanation, though he wasn’t sure exactly how.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing inverse
Opposites Attract
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