inversion
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What’s happened in tech media the past few years has been an inversion of that old principle often attributed to William Randolph Hearst.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 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
That is a ruse, a malicious inversion of reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The inversion of a perfect interval is still perfect.
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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