inversion
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Think of it more as an inversion, with a bottom-up view of its heroine Emma Harte’s life viewed through parallel timelines.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
That inversion of a Nixon-era statement seems especially apt for the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee this coming week, which will be the first for Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
That inversion of constitutional order hovered over the entire oral argument late last month.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
"We discovered that, in some species, large chunks of DNA on five chromosomes are flipped -- a type of mutation called a chromosomal inversion," said senior author Hennes Svardal from the University of Antwerp.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
The inversion of an augmented interval is diminished and of a diminished interval is augmented.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is unique in that it is a 72 mph ride with vehicles created to rotate 360 degrees through multiple inversions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Even though different species can still interbreed, these inversions limit how much their DNA mixes, helping maintain distinct traits.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Pollution spikes are common in the city, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the city.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
In winter, high air pollution from smog, temperature inversions and crop burning across the Indo-Gangetic plains produces light-scattering aerosols, which reduce sunshine hours.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
What are the inversions of the following intervals?
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing inversion
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Genetics - Middle School
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