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Recent Examples of vice versa
His teammates dug him, and vice versa.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
While labor relations sometimes break down—as seen with the WNBA–WNBPA dispute and as may occur later this year with MLB and the MLBPA—labor relations are usually stable enough that athletes avoid suing leagues and vice versa, and everyone involved makes substantial money.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Some investors use this as a signal; a high ratio may suggest silver is undervalued relative to gold, and vice versa.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
That dual-use reality means that attacks on commercial data centers can have immediate military consequences—and vice versa.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
While labor relations sometimes break down—as seen with the WNBA–WNBPA dispute and as may occur later this year with MLB and the MLBPA—labor relations are usually stable enough that athletes avoid suing leagues and vice versa, and everyone involved makes substantial money.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Some investors use this as a signal; a high ratio may suggest silver is undervalued relative to gold, and vice versa.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
That dual-use reality means that attacks on commercial data centers can have immediate military consequences—and vice versa.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vice versa
Adverb
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Interestingly, the internal recycling process allows the planet to maintain a thick, hydrogen-rich atmosphere that would otherwise be stripped away by the intense X-ray radiation from its host star.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Buying rather than leasing detention facilities will give ICE greater control over operations that would otherwise fall under state and local governments’ purview, sources said.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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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 17 Mar. 2026.
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