inversion
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Kris’ breakout movie was a high-concept inversion of “Psycho” told through the shower curtain’s POV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Think of it more as an inversion, with a bottom-up view of its heroine Emma Harte’s life viewed through parallel timelines.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
As AI hardware companies gain, software groups fall, with a basket of European software stocks down 1.5% in an inversion of the sectors’ relationship in the last session.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
That inversion of constitutional order hovered over the entire oral argument late last month.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
We cannot pretend to understand what such causality inversion means.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift is unique in that it is a 72 mph ride with vehicles created to rotate 360 degrees through multiple inversions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Pollution spikes are common in the city, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the city.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
The Nursey album also points to remarkable inversions of gender dynamics.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
"These inversions and adaptations are clear evidence that this is a fine-tuned antivirus system that has evolved over millions of years."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025
Inversions of major intervals are minor, and inversions of minor intervals are major.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing inversion
The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 1
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Advanced
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Genetics - Middle School
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