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
To investigate the discrepancy, the team used a technique called inversion, which works backward from observed tsunami behavior to estimate the characteristics of the earthquake that generated it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The aim, from the start, was not to spotlight people but to illuminate architecture—an inversion of the usual transit instinct to flood everything with harsh brightness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
We will continue to watch the two front months for any sign of inversion.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
The inversion of a major interval is minor, and of a minor interval is major.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Speeds will reach 50 mph, and the coaster will boast five inversions that will take guests upside down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Pollution spikes are common in the city of nearly 400,000, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the mountain-ringed city.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
The Nursey album also points to remarkable inversions of gender dynamics.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
The most consequential of those inversions involves attitudes toward courts and judges.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025
In temperature inversions, air movement is inhibited—the cold air can't rise and the warm air doesn’t fall—which in turn inhibits rainfall.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing inversion
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Genetics - Middle School
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