inflection
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On the whole, this looks to be a positive inflection point in our political leadership, empowering a new generation of leaders advocating needed changes in the government’s relationship with its constituents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This five-year mark is widely seen as an inflection point.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The AI cloud provider topped revenue and earnings expectations, with its CEO cheering “an important inflection point.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“CoreWeave reached an important inflection point this quarter as our scale began to translate into expanding operating leverage,” CEO Michael Intrator said in a press release.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
My score jumped another 500 points, and a message informed me that I’d received a bonus for my accent and inflection.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The declines were driven by lower Covid inflections and a narrower recommendation for Covid vaccination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Aside from speaking in a period-appropriate tone with the right inflections, Cage infused his performance with a certain cheekiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
While Yih did identify several risks—including tariffs, geopolitical risks, and demand uncertainty —she said the company’s actions and early financial inflections suggest that “the worst may be behind it.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
On Karma, that includes everything from the Brazilian funk rhythms of Ceremony, to pop-punk inflections of In My Head, which riffs on the sounds of Good Charlotte and Avril Lavigne.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
I moved relentlessly over the evening, back and forth, straining to remember exact words, telling inflections, any subtle insults or kindnesses I might’ve missed, and my mind—quite willingly—supplied various distortions.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing inflection
A Raisin in the Sun
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Grade 11, List 1
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