as in curving
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 inflecting
Lockwood has admired Plath for years; what confounded her was the biographical approach to her work, the terrible death inflecting everything that came before.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Read full review Its central address—behind a curving stone entrance and spread over 49 floors above the high-end Pacific Place mall, off leafy Hong Kong Park—is reason enough to book here over the other top hotels that form the city’s skyline.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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Kayakers have miles of curving shoreline to explore.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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At 24 inches long, the hot dog is too heavy to hold with both hands without bending under its own weight.—
Imelda García,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Ergonomic shovels that have a bend allow the shovel head to be closer to ground and can help minimize bending.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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The seamless flow between the exterior and interior connects guests to the sea, reflecting Italy’s coastal lifestyle.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
25 Feb. 2026
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While ComEd will not file a rate request reflecting the grid plan until next year, it is projected to increase residential customer bills by about $3 per month starting in 2028, the utility said.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Somehow, Bentley’s support act plays to both those sensibilities, since Skaggs was a mainstream Nashville star who went bluegrass, and now is veering back a little bit, as a live attraction.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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Together, even when the cameras are off, the hosts are affable and garrulous, veering from one riff to another with the impish energy of drive-time radio hosts who monitor Rasmussen polling instead of batting averages.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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And there was certainly no sign any of the gubernatorial candidates plan to give up, bowing to concerns their large number could divide the Democratic vote and allow a pair of Republicans to slip through and emerge from California’s top-two primary.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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For its inaugural issue bowing in Saturday, the magazine tapped Naomi Campbell as cover star.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Inflecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflecting. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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