as in curvatures
something that curves or is curved
the inflection of the river is even more obvious when viewed from the summit of the nearby mountain
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Recent Examples of inflections
Look for choppy sentences, unusual inflections, abnormal phrasing, or incongruent background noise.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Sometimes autism’s portrayed in movies with quirky head movements, weird blinks, and weird inflections.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2025
The widely varied performances are quietly yet keenly expressive; Reichardt’s dialogue has enticingly odd spin (starting with an ingenious monologue for a precocious child) and the cast delivers it with pinpoint inflections.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Her repetitions and stammerings and strange inflections were very much her own, as a perusal of her interviews will attest.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
The Sweet Dove Died is considered Pym’s most Jamesian work and there are inflections of the Master in the themes of falling out of love, renunciation, and collecting—the pursuit of beauty falling short.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
That feature, called Voice Translate is designed to also preserve the speaker's voice inflections.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
For each set of symptoms, deep-learning models analyze the person’s words, rhythms, and inflections to generate a score.
—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024
Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
Sometimes autism’s portrayed in movies with quirky head movements, weird blinks, and weird inflections.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2025
The widely varied performances are quietly yet keenly expressive; Reichardt’s dialogue has enticingly odd spin (starting with an ingenious monologue for a precocious child) and the cast delivers it with pinpoint inflections.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Her repetitions and stammerings and strange inflections were very much her own, as a perusal of her interviews will attest.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
The Sweet Dove Died is considered Pym’s most Jamesian work and there are inflections of the Master in the themes of falling out of love, renunciation, and collecting—the pursuit of beauty falling short.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
That feature, called Voice Translate is designed to also preserve the speaker's voice inflections.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
For each set of symptoms, deep-learning models analyze the person’s words, rhythms, and inflections to generate a score.
—Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflections
Noun
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Its outstanding appeal, grandish curvatures and extraordinary interior design are just the norm for the upscale interior brand.—
Marc D. Grasso,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Posture Changes Spine curvatures can make standing up straight difficult, causing lower right back pain.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Don’t sleep on the dreamy lobby, perched high above the sea and featuring undulating wooden partitions that resemble the curves of coral reefs.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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This Madewell pair is made from high-quality denim with a subtle stretch to hug your curves and ensure all-day comfort.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Crafted into undone bends, the style disguises flyaways and limp ends.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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Navigating the subtle bends of the lake behind Englebright Dam, the vessel chugged across the otherwise still water, the late afternoon sun shimmering across the ripples in its wake.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This technology enables radars to observe moving targets from multiple angles, capturing more dynamic information to determine their attributes – and even distinguish potential decoy drones from the actual attackers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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The sunsets are turn the sky into a sherberty fire, too, and being there are cocktail hour was a great opportunity to watch the camera angles and outfits of all the ’grammers who showed up to get the shot for the feed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Inflections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflections. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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