1
as in skimmed
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use
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as in reversed
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
flip the coin over
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Recent Examples of flipped
In all of 2025, roughly 297,000 single-family homes and condos were flipped nationwide, according to ATTOM, a real estate data provider, which defines a flip as a home purchased and sold in the same 12-month period.
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Then, the trend flipped, with departures outpacing hires in all four quarters of last year.
—Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
The vehicle flipped and landed upside down in the ravine below.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Democrats flipped two seats on Georgia's statewide Public Service Commission and the party outperformed in many state and local elections.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
Images showed the fire truck flipped onto its side, with most of the damage to its back half.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Broker flipped hospices Four other hospices continued to use variations of Suite 205 as their address when billing Medicare and Medi-Cal in 2024.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
The win flipped the result of the same fixture from last season, where the Rapids were decimated by the same score by an arguably even worse SKC team while in the midst of a playoff push.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
Then, the trend flipped, with departures outpacing hires in all four quarters of last year.
—Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
The vehicle flipped and landed upside down in the ravine below.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
In his book The Stalin Cult, the historian Jan Plamper described a group of students, including some World War II veterans, who flipped the Stalin poster in their dorm to face the wall before talking candidly about their wartime experience.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Democrats flipped two seats on Georgia's statewide Public Service Commission and the party outperformed in many state and local elections.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 23 Mar. 2026
Images showed the fire truck flipped onto its side, with most of the damage to its back half.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Broker flipped hospices Four other hospices continued to use variations of Suite 205 as their address when billing Medicare and Medi-Cal in 2024.
—Jason Henry, Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
The win flipped the result of the same fixture from last season, where the Rapids were decimated by the same score by an arguably even worse SKC team while in the midst of a playoff push.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipped
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Lui Sarinan, 17, skimmed the job description taped to the plastic folding table.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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My mind drifted to the World Rally Championship as the Duster skimmed across the surface with unexpected pace and stability.—
Fergus Scholes,
TheWeek,
30 Jan. 2026
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An oil truck driver reversed into a 44-year-old pedestrian on the Upper East Side, went to check on him, then got back into his rig and drove off, prosecutors said Saturday.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in the 2025 AFCON final in January but on Tuesday the Confederation of African Football stated the result of the final had been reversed, with Senegal forfeiting the game and Morocco instead declared champions.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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When the Chicago Tribune went after him, stirring up the first of many federal, state, and local investigations into Robinson's activities, Noah thumbed his nose.—
Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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House lawyers argued that Bannon had thumbed his nose at the committee and ignored the subpoena.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Lastly, the bank still sees positive breadth at 7%, which during other market bottoms has been severely inverted.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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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
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Gracey’s father flew to Barcelona, where city police patrolled the streets and scanned the nearby beach for signs of the 20-year-old.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Flipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipped. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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