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 The aides arranged press junkets, invented sources, and planted stories that brazenly inverted popular views. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 To-go containers were stored with the food contact surface facing up; containers were inverted. — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026 Early twentieth-century regionalism, however, inverted this Europhilic aesthetic. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Both Bam and Giannis, especially Giannis, have thrived on those inverted [pick-and-rolls] when the guy screening for them is a shooter. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 That gap matters far more now that the premiums have compressed, and in many cases inverted. — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The yoke seam runs inverted, sitting over the leg panel rather than beneath it. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026 Under Kennedy’s stewardship, the HHS inverted the traditional food pyramid which placed grains at the bottom (most consumed) and fats and oils at the top (least consumed). — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 Kyle Hart and Griffin Canning, whose roles were inverted, totaled 5 2/3 scoreless innings to further reward the creative tactics adopted recently by manager Craig Stammen, pitching coach Ruben Niebla and bullpen coach Ben Fritz. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
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  • Just a week later, Bonta flipped and announced a package of behavioral remedies.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Similarly, in 2021/22, there was a swing from concern about a collapse in retail demand with the onset of the pandemic to a scramble to secure inventory after the release of record amount of global stimulus flipped the consumer outlook.
    — SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • Once the stimulation was terminated, the effect rapidly reversed and repetitive behavior resumed.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Half of the keto participants reversed their prediabetes, whereas only 29% in the Mediterranean group and 7% in the plant-forward diet had that result.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, HEALTH, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Inverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverted. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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