as in flipped
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
if you invert the coin, there's a picture of a buffalo on the back
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Recent Examples of inverted
Within the zār belief, those same histories are inverted.
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Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Naqvi took these ideas and inverted them.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
The helicopter broke a water line for the building’s sprinkler system, then came to a stop inverted inside the building.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Lastly, the bank still sees positive breadth at 7%, which during other market bottoms has been severely inverted.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Weaver and his collaborators shot scenes upside down, re-inverted them through glass, and paired the visuals with live guitar and narration.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
In a moment when success is measured in eyeballs reached, the motivations that first inspired the prominent role of debate in American society have been inverted.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
The fuselage, or the helicopter's main body, inverted, with it and the tailboom hitting terrain about 150 and 350 feet from the lines, the report added.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
That means the pumping chambers in the ventricles of the heart are inverted so that the one that evolved to pump blood to the lungs ends up pumping to the brain and the one that evolved to pump to the brain ends up pumping to the lungs.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Naqvi took these ideas and inverted them.
—Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
The helicopter broke a water line for the building’s sprinkler system, then came to a stop inverted inside the building.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Lastly, the bank still sees positive breadth at 7%, which during other market bottoms has been severely inverted.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Weaver and his collaborators shot scenes upside down, re-inverted them through glass, and paired the visuals with live guitar and narration.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
In a moment when success is measured in eyeballs reached, the motivations that first inspired the prominent role of debate in American society have been inverted.
—Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026
The fuselage, or the helicopter's main body, inverted, with it and the tailboom hitting terrain about 150 and 350 feet from the lines, the report added.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
That means the pumping chambers in the ventricles of the heart are inverted so that the one that evolved to pump blood to the lungs ends up pumping to the brain and the one that evolved to pump to the brain ends up pumping to the lungs.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inverted
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Rather than expecting sports fans to gravitate toward traditional gallery programming, the Nelson-Atkins flipped the approach.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
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After Democrats flipped two red seats in recent special elections, Republicans have worried that being too aggressive with a map could destabilize their odds.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Angels are tied for seventh in total challenges and eighth in calls reversed.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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But by mid-December, after public pushback, the council reversed its decision, voting unanimously to extend for six months the Friends of the Rose’s contract to operate the theater, with the condition that the nonprofit pay $5,000 per month toward the theater’s maintenance and utilities.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Inverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverted. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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