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
Try inverting the plant pot over your hand and gently shaking the African violet out.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Cash cajoled Leon Bailey into positions ahead of him, either shuffling backwards to mark Newcastle’s left-winger or shifting inside to track Lewis Hall, who was inverting from left back.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 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
Allow the cakes to cool in the pan 15 to 20 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
This coaster is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Cool 15 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026
Cash cajoled Leon Bailey into positions ahead of him, either shuffling backwards to mark Newcastle’s left-winger or shifting inside to track Lewis Hall, who was inverting from left back.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 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
Allow the cakes to cool in the pan 15 to 20 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
This coaster is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss.
—Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Cool 15 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inverting
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The keynote rebuttal typically goes to a rising star in the opposition party, and Spanberger secured one of the Democrats’ biggest wins last year, flipping Virginia’s governorship by a 15-point margin.—
Julia Terruso,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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Years of swinging and flipping across the playground have toughened Luna’s small hands.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Even worse, that money was supposed to go toward preventing and reversing drug overdoses amid an ongoing opioid epidemic.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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As her vision deteriorates, Penny turns to psychoanalysis not in hopes of reversing her condition, but to confront years of denial and silence.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Inverting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverting. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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