inflects

present tense third-person singular of inflect

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Verb
  • According to Einstein, massive objects shape the space around them, as their gravity bends space-time, curving paths of light rays near by.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • From the other side, the highway takes off in Madison and then bends off the main road to the charming town of New Glarus.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the example below, Ilkay Gundogan curves his run to prevent Alisson from passing back to Virgil van Dijk, while Victor Osimhen’s presence puts goalkeeper Alisson off passing to Ibrahima Konate or Dominik Szoboszlai.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The mortality curves from Gompertz models associated with the three migratory strategies are presented on panel A–C—the death rates m(x) (gray dots) are also presented.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Peters veers closer to a stock villain — the ubiquitous empowered dweeb, though those coding-sequence tattoo sleeves are a nice embellishment — Hasan Minhaj and Arturo Castro are appealing as Eve’s ENCOM associates.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • While the series veers more toward the action side of things, stealth is also incredibly important.
    George Yang, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Seeing New England in the top 10 in both QB EPA (Drake Maye is sixth) and defense/special teams EPA (10th) reflects well on the Patriots under first-year coach Mike Vrabel.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Welcoming Muttaqi to Delhi reflects this approach.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show at Mahalia Jackson Theater The cult-classic, wacky, horror musical Rocky Horror Picture Show turns 50 this year.
    Jenny Adams, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If Feel Good was comedy with a powerful dramatic arc, Wayward turns that formula on its head and is largely a drama with some lighter moments along the way.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Los Angeles, Justin Bieber takes the court for some basketball, a pregnant Cardi B waves her arms and Glen Powell and Peyton Manning are all smiles at the Chad Powers premiere.
    Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • After the Hunt star Andrew Garfield waves to attendees of the red carpet premiere of the film in Venice on Friday.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Inflects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflects. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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