the converse
noun
formal
: something that is the opposite of something else
They need our help, but the converse is also true: we need their help as well.
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This study also found that conservatives are more likely to just consume news from conservative media than the converse for moderates and liberals.
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Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Ample sleep restores clarity and performance by actively refining cortical plasticity, but the converse is also true.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, countries with diminishing reserves faced the converse: tight credit and falling prices.
—Liaquat Ahamed, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2011
Meanwhile, over the last quarter century, firms had already begun implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Take the converse color palettes seen in the splendid animation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Indeed, Hollywood is far more interested in outside-in perspectives on trans life than the converse.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
El Niño ended in May 2024, and some scientists suspected La Niña, the converse climate pattern in which colder water builds up in the same part of the Pacific, would soon begin.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
As a result, in the last quarter century, leading firms began implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Ample sleep restores clarity and performance by actively refining cortical plasticity, but the converse is also true.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, countries with diminishing reserves faced the converse: tight credit and falling prices.
—Liaquat Ahamed, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2011
Meanwhile, over the last quarter century, firms had already begun implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Take the converse color palettes seen in the splendid animation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Indeed, Hollywood is far more interested in outside-in perspectives on trans life than the converse.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
El Niño ended in May 2024, and some scientists suspected La Niña, the converse climate pattern in which colder water builds up in the same part of the Pacific, would soon begin.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
As a result, in the last quarter century, leading firms began implementing the converse of Taylor’s dictum.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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“The converse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20converse. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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