inverted

past tense of invert
as in flipped
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing if you invert the coin, there's a picture of a buffalo on the back

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Recent Examples of inverted But with Ameen on violin, this dynamic is inverted, and the intermingling of their strings on the recording provides a unique tonal color. — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026 The exterior colorway has been inverted for the Anima’s interior. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026 The reveal started off with the roadster climbing a ramp which eventually left it inverted. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 16 Oct. 2026 The logic appears inverted, where value is paramount and suitability an afterthought. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 At Lacoste, the classic crocodile logo was inverted on polos, while Gucci’s Demna and Dries Van Noten’s Julian Klausner gave rugbys a bougie Euro spin. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026 But, under the guise of this routine procedure, an extraordinary mechanism has been launched, which has completely inverted the structure of voter registration in India, and disenfranchised millions of voters. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 He is disoriented, and the plane lurches toward becoming inverted. — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026 Early twentieth-century regionalism, however, inverted this Europhilic aesthetic. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Prosecutors say De La Rosa hacked at their passengers with the machete, igniting the panic that flipped the boat.
    — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Filip Forsberg scored again in the second when Hoglander flipped the puck to him from the boards for an awkward shot that surprised Anton Forsberg.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
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  • What’s more, national elections aren’t necessarily tidy, leaving anchors to explain that whichever party has the lead in early tabulations may find its position reversed later in the evening.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The March high came in at $53, the May high at $52 and the September high at $52, and each one reversed.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Inverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverted. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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