inverse

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McMurtry’s stark assessment grew in part from a vexation that, despite his lifelong project to demythologize the cowboy, the ultimate American icon, his most celebrated book had the inverse effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He found the inverse correlation between rates and stocks is deeply negative at negative 0.5 — and the market’s rate sensitivity is as high as it’s been in several years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

“If the yield breaks above its 2023 peak of 3.65%, reaching 18-year highs, we can expect the correlation to continue weakening toward an inverse correlation.”

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Spielberg’s film, released the year before “Testament,” is a sci-fi fantasy of suburban youth in a universe of expanding possibility—an inverse image of the considerably darker, not-so-improbable science fiction in which Scottie finds himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I was ignorant of the inverse square law for light propagation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan