as in flipping
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 inverting
Let the cakes cool in the pans to room temperature before running a butter knife inside the rim of the pans and inverting the cakes onto the rack.
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CBS News, 24 May 2026
This ride is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
Chelsea could manipulate their press, either by finding Fernandez lurking on the left wing and Malo Gusto inverting into midfield on the right, or through Sanchez going long.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Murray screened for Jokic, inverting the pick-and-roll — a trick that very few tandems have the skill-set to pull off.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
This time, the dynamic is inverting.
—Deirdre Bosa,jasmine Wu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Try inverting the plant pot over your hand and gently shaking the African violet out.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Run a knife around edges of cake before inverting onto a baking sheet.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
Season one was already a stunner, but season two turned the whole enterprise into a striking diptych, inverting Cassian’s original arc of awakening by reframing him as one small part in a larger collective struggle.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
CBS News, 24 May 2026
This ride is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026
Chelsea could manipulate their press, either by finding Fernandez lurking on the left wing and Malo Gusto inverting into midfield on the right, or through Sanchez going long.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Murray screened for Jokic, inverting the pick-and-roll — a trick that very few tandems have the skill-set to pull off.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
This time, the dynamic is inverting.
—Deirdre Bosa,jasmine Wu, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Try inverting the plant pot over your hand and gently shaking the African violet out.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Run a knife around edges of cake before inverting onto a baking sheet.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
Season one was already a stunner, but season two turned the whole enterprise into a striking diptych, inverting Cassian’s original arc of awakening by reframing him as one small part in a larger collective struggle.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inverting
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Restarting production at the end of the war isn’t like flipping a switch, either.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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Penta was able to mount a comeback and eventually take out Page with a flipping dive over the top rope onto the outside.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Verb
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What could be performing well one day may not be the next, before reversing course on the third.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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The retailer's stock lost about 4%, reversing earlier gains.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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“Inverting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverting. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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