as in curved
to change from a straight line or course to a curved one
tree limbs inflecting toward the trunk
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Recent Examples of inflected
Davis reflected on the tragedy of the situation and the trauma inflected on the surviving children.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Mizuho says MongoDB has inflected positively.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
With this selection, readers can have an experience similar to readers in Japan in encountering this fresh new voice, inflected with Kanako’s distinctively Osakan warmth and wit (the adorable Shiba Inu mutt at the center of the story certainly may be part of the appeal too).
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
To add to the complexity, smoke taint is inflected by subtle distinctions between grape varietals, too.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
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
The upcycling and couture-inflected label formally relaunched in 2022 and counted more than 40 stockists worldwide including Dover Street Market New York and its counterpart in Los Angeles, Ssense and SKP in Beijing.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Mizuho says MongoDB has inflected positively.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
With this selection, readers can have an experience similar to readers in Japan in encountering this fresh new voice, inflected with Kanako’s distinctively Osakan warmth and wit (the adorable Shiba Inu mutt at the center of the story certainly may be part of the appeal too).
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
To add to the complexity, smoke taint is inflected by subtle distinctions between grape varietals, too.
—Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
But sure enough, the artist born Frederick John Philip Gibson enlisted Amy Taylor and company for his drum n’ bass-inflected latest single, harnessing the group’s energy and then exploding it with Gesaffelstein-like sirens and typically all-over-the-place vocal triggers.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
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
The upcycling and couture-inflected label formally relaunched in 2022 and counted more than 40 stockists worldwide including Dover Street Market New York and its counterpart in Los Angeles, Ssense and SKP in Beijing.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflected
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Video emerged online showing a red Ferrari shooting out of a tunnel along the highway at a high speed, slamming into a concrete barrier where the road curved and erupting into flames.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The existing Grand Boulevard road bridge is curved and has no sidewalk, which poses safety concerns for people on foot and bikes sharing the road with vehicles.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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The decision reflected a common pattern in China's technology sector, where startups establish offshore corporate structures to access global capital and reassure foreign investors, and sometimes soften regulatory scrutiny while maintaining engineering talent and intellectual ties to the mainland.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Karres’ lasting influence is reflected in the tributes and memories people have posted online over the past few days as word of his death spread.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Harrowing body camera video shows the terrifying moments a California police officer was allegedly kidnapped by an armed robbery suspect and forced to shoot him in the leg as the pair veered down a local roadway.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Colorado’s Republican Party has veered dangerously to the right, and its lawsuit aims to protect that maneuver by flexing its power over our elections.—
Kent Thiry,
Denver Post,
27 Apr. 2026
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The six-episode podcast series bowed in January.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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The ceiling was noticeably bowed, and the floor was partly rotted.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Republican leaders may have initially felt blindsided by the conflict, but most quickly either bent the knee or remained silent.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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In one sweet photo, Taylor bent down to kiss his wife's stomach, who wore a white skirt and white tank top.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Inflected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflected. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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