inversion
Example Sentences
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That inversion of constitutional order hovered over the entire oral argument late last month.
From Slate • May 20, 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
"We discovered that, in some species, large chunks of DNA on five chromosomes are flipped -- a type of mutation called a chromosomal inversion," said senior author Hennes Svardal from the University of Antwerp.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
He says that men should watch out for lumps, pain, discomfort or nipple inversion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
If the fifth of the chord is the lowest note, the chord is in second inversion.
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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