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Recent Examples of inversely
Yields move inversely to prices.
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Sean Conlon,fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
While Tame Impala has never had more of a chart presence, its mainstream popularity seems almost inversely related to its critical acclaim, which is possibly at its lowest point on this new album.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Coup violence is inversely correlated with success.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Treasury yields and mortgage rates were inversely correlated with the Fed’s policy rate from September 2024 to to January 2025 – strongly so, at negative 80-90%.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Sean Conlon,fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
While Tame Impala has never had more of a chart presence, its mainstream popularity seems almost inversely related to its critical acclaim, which is possibly at its lowest point on this new album.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Coup violence is inversely correlated with success.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Treasury yields and mortgage rates were inversely correlated with the Fed’s policy rate from September 2024 to to January 2025 – strongly so, at negative 80-90%.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inversely
conversely
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The penalty kill, conversely, allowed two goals and is just 9-for-16 over the past five games.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Chicago forced the most turnovers (32) while conversely committing the fewest (10).—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
5 Jan. 2026
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