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
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.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
There is a sense that the sport’s traditional logic is inverting.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 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
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
There is a sense that the sport’s traditional logic is inverting.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 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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Take a cue from Laura Harrier and add an element of surprise by flipping the ends out ever so slightly.—
Elise Tabin,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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Walking through the shelves, flipping the pages, and soaking up that classic, old-book smell—for bookworms, there’s nothing better.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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Washington approved the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China late last year, reversing earlier restrictions on exporting advanced US chips.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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In the video, Good’s car can be seen reversing, her tires facing away from the officer who fired into the side of her car.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Inverting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverting. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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