inverted

past tense of invert
as in flipped
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 inverted The aides arranged press junkets, invented sources, and planted stories that brazenly inverted popular views. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 To-go containers were stored with the food contact surface facing up; containers were inverted. — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026 Early twentieth-century regionalism, however, inverted this Europhilic aesthetic. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Both Bam and Giannis, especially Giannis, have thrived on those inverted [pick-and-rolls] when the guy screening for them is a shooter. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 That gap matters far more now that the premiums have compressed, and in many cases inverted. — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The yoke seam runs inverted, sitting over the leg panel rather than beneath it. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026 Under Kennedy’s stewardship, the HHS inverted the traditional food pyramid which placed grains at the bottom (most consumed) and fats and oils at the top (least consumed). — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 Kyle Hart and Griffin Canning, whose roles were inverted, totaled 5 2/3 scoreless innings to further reward the creative tactics adopted recently by manager Craig Stammen, pitching coach Ruben Niebla and bullpen coach Ben Fritz. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
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  • When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As stocks fell, oil prices flipped between gains and losses but largely hovered around their highly elevated levels.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • Meta, a week ago, rejected, then reversed course on an ad for Alex Gibney’s doc takedown Musk, and now a studio is about to weigh in on Meta.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Players are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Inverted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverted. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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