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[in-vurs, in-vurs, in-vurs] / ɪnˈvɜrs, ˈɪn vɜrs, ɪnˈvɜrs /


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Investors and CEOs go on TV all the time to tout stocks—the inverse of flopping.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Leveraged and inverse ETFs made up 31% of all U.S.-listed ETF launches in the first half of 2026, up from 22% in all of 2025, according to research from Morningstar.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

This can be seen in the narrow gap between the S&P 500’s earnings yield—the inverse of its P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage—and the yield on 10-year U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

For a few top teams, there actually appears to be an inverse relationship between the most successful teams and how much their players are paid.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 2026

But was this an inevitable consequence of an inverse square law?

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

We can use this property to verify that two functions are inverses of each other.

From Textbooks May 6, 2020

We can also use a calculator to solve a system of equations with matrix inverses.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

TRY IT #1 Show that and are inverses.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

While it is not possible to find an inverse of most polynomial functions, some basic polynomials do have inverses.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

However, just as zero does not have a reciprocal, some functions do not have inverses.

From Textbooks Feb. 13, 2015

He told Aaron to wear No. 2 and Andrew to wear No. 5 thinking, somewhat fancifully, that the inversed numbers might confuse opponents.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2014

Words by Alex Klein Photography by Mike O'Meally and Skin Phillips Australia: land of inversed summers, succulent skateparks, glorious beaches, and beautiful women.

From Time Magazine Archive

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. campan. convex, exp. and inversed, striate, brown then grey; g. adnato-decur. veined, branched, distant, white or glaucous; s. 3-5 cm. fistulose, glabrous, thickened upwards; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George




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