Thesaurus results for INVERTING

inverting

verb

present participle of invert

as in flipping

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 inverting Letting the cake cool for 15 minutes before inverting gives it time to firm up while allowing the edges to contract slightly from the sides of the pan. — Martha Stewart, 21 Aug. 2026 The eminently Instagrammable viral burns of the protesters were deliberate, taking apart and inverting each element of Modi’s political brand. — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026 But there’s a point at which an act of service risks inverting into a selfish act. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 That balance is now inverting, and the shift is a signal of a maturing industry. — Mike Cahill, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Windsor-Smith’s storytelling shifted the typical narrative responsibility of text onto the imagery, inverting the usual comic book reading experience. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Lucas Blalock likewise finds tragicomic potential in photography itself, inverting Photoshop as a mere tool of postproduction to foreground it as generative and creative, leaving visible traces of labor in ugly edits and unrefined refinements. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026 Let the cakes cool in the pans to room temperature before running a butter knife inside the rim of the pans and inverting the cakes onto the rack. — Kate Bradshaw, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026 This ride is wild mayhem, with two commanding launches that send you inverting and free-spinning into total bliss. — Zachary Laks, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2026

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In one example, it's seen flipping pages of sheet music on a stand as a guitarist plays the score.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
Gruters specifically predicted victories for Republican Senate candidates in Ohio, Maine, and Texas, where Democrats are eyeing flipping longtime Republican seats.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

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Fatal overdoses declined from 3,056 in 2023 to 2,192 in 2024, reversing nearly a decade of increases.

— Joel Teron, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
The Labor Department’s unemployment rate has been declining in recent months, reversing last year’s uptick, but an alternate measure tells a different story.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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