inflect

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Recent Examples of inflect Despite the risks, the approach worked; sales for the first half of 2025 finally show a positive trend led by the QX80 and its smaller three-row crossover sibling, the QX60, also inflected with much of the new design language. Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 By the early 2000s, Rolling Stone seemed overly preoccupied with Boomer artists of fading vitality; Spin, while containing punchy criticism, was a glossy consumer magazine inflected by celebrity and fashion. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025 But closer to me, and with greater incident, these phrases are inflected by the voice of Hiba Abu Nada, the Gazan poet who was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023. Huda Fakhreddine august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 The company is buying this business at the perfect time, with Arora expecting the identity security market to inflect in the next 12 to 24 months due to the emergence of agentic AI, which refers to systems capable of taking actions and adapting with less input from humans. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for inflect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflect
Verb
  • Here the set becomes a comedy generator, a set of curving sides that Reeves can lean against and slide bonelessly down.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Roll up each triangle, starting at wide end, and curve edges slightly to form a crescent shape.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In that moment, Dupree involuntarily punches him and the pair go quiet as Dooley cusses and bends over wincing in pain.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Crows bend twigs to hunt; Homo erectus chipped stones to cut.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ground floor is home to the offices of creative director Gherardo Felloni and longtime brand ambassador Inès de la Fressange; the Salon de l’Héritage, an exhibition space and the Salon Vivier reception room, which reflects the distinctive interior design taste of the house’s founder.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Seek out the people who reflect your vision back to you with clarity.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Case in point, de Saint Sernin veering from fashion to conceive a sleek leather chair.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That the narrative doesn’t veer into empty mysticism, dream sequences or flashbacks benefits the film.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Inflect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflect. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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