vice versa

adverb

Definition of vice versanext
as in otherwise

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Recent Examples of vice versa The firm has made a concerted effort to get big clients that come in through the door for investment banking or wealth management to use its equities services and vice versa. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026 Researchers at OpenAI would be crushed if Anthropic’s models got there first, and vice versa. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 To avoid this, draft your answers first and ask AI to review, rather than vice versa. — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 July 2026 So being able to stretch out on your own full-length bed that leaves clear access to the bathroom is a nice advantage over sharing a sideways bed that requires rolling over top your sleep mate (or vice versa) to get out. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for vice versa
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vice versa
  1. otherwise
  2. conversely
  3. inversely
  4. oppositely
  5. differently
Adverb
  • There was no notion of beam pattern or glare control at first, just basic visibility in otherwise unlit environments.
    — Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
  • But concerns lurked beneath the surface of an otherwise positive report.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of otherwise
Adverb
  • And then conversely, there’s another class of patients that have the exact opposite.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Warsh, conversely, advocates for the Fed to be more opaque, a strategy the author dismisses as misguided.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of conversely
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  • Bond yields move inversely to prices, and total returns incorporate both capital appreciation and income.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Metals prices have generally declined throughout the war in Iran as gold and silver have traded inversely with oil, which has surged throughout the conflict.
    — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Definition of inversely
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  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC), as an intervening party to the case, had oppositely argued that unlimited coordinated spending would effectively erode limits on contributions.
    — Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • The fluctuations were concentrated near a boundary where oppositely directed magnetic fields meet — a region where scientists suspect magnetic stress builds up before flares.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 June 2026
Definition of oppositely
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  • The same family — Rita’s children and her grandchildren — had been judged differently.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Two tools reflect the same underlying material back to the user, packaged differently enough to feel like separate judgment.
    — Samuel Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of differently

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