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Recent Examples of inversely
Bond yields move inversely to prices.
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 May 2026
The Family Online Safety Institute reported that children’s screen time and parental control usage are inversely related.
—Maggie Anders, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Doing so might be the result of social conditioning, making women more sensitive to emotional realities and comfortable expressing them — and, inversely, social conditioning making men less sensitive to emotional realities and more uncomfortable expressing them.
—Elissa Strauss, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Heidecker and Turkington admit that the specials were originally meant to be more connected to the ceremony, but their creative ambitions grew inversely to their respect for the actual awards.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 20 May 2026
The Family Online Safety Institute reported that children’s screen time and parental control usage are inversely related.
—Maggie Anders, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Doing so might be the result of social conditioning, making women more sensitive to emotional realities and comfortable expressing them — and, inversely, social conditioning making men less sensitive to emotional realities and more uncomfortable expressing them.
—Elissa Strauss, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Heidecker and Turkington admit that the specials were originally meant to be more connected to the ceremony, but their creative ambitions grew inversely to their respect for the actual awards.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inversely
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The Leafs, conversely, will only get one chance to get this first pick right.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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For The Times) Bass, conversely, wound down after a day of union rallies by eating tacos at the Yosemite Recreation Center’s picnic tables in Eagle Rock with several local politicians, including Councilmember Monica Rodriguez and county Democratic Party Chair Mark Ramos.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Electrostatic forces occur when oppositely charged particles interact with each other.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2019
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“Inversely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inversely. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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