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Recent Examples of vice versa
Her efforts as Venus’ conversation partner are described with the same deadpan matter-of-factness as Rika’s warehouse job, making the latter seem just as strange and unrealistic as the former—and vice versa.
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Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
How did the episode come about — did The Rookie approach Dropout or vice versa?
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
So, if the sun is above the horizon, the moon must be below the horizon and completely out of sight (or vice versa).
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Yet again, the personal becomes political, and vice versa.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
How did the episode come about — did The Rookie approach Dropout or vice versa?
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026
So, if the sun is above the horizon, the moon must be below the horizon and completely out of sight (or vice versa).
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Yet again, the personal becomes political, and vice versa.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vice versa
Adverb
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Companies that are otherwise supportive of the policy are forced into workarounds.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Thinner laminations help limit circulating electrical currents within the core that would otherwise waste energy in the form of heat.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Young, conversely, can do both.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mabel, conversely, doesn’t think Jerry will listen.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Bond yields move inversely to prices.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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Ghostwriting, as a contemporary profession, now inversely involves a practice in which the person performing both the physical and intellectual labor of writing remains behind the scenes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Electrostatic forces occur when oppositely charged particles interact with each other.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Oct. 2019
Adverb
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Collins and athletic director Todd Stewart are determined for things to go much differently next season.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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To create the structures, researchers layered two materials that expand differently during cooling after fabrication.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vice%20versa. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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