as in to curve
to change from a straight line or course to a curved one
tree limbs inflecting toward the trunk
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Despite the risks, the approach worked; sales for the first half of 2025 finally show a positive trend led by the QX80 and its smaller three-row crossover sibling, the QX60, also inflected with much of the new design language.
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Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
By the early 2000s, Rolling Stone seemed overly preoccupied with Boomer artists of fading vitality; Spin, while containing punchy criticism, was a glossy consumer magazine inflected by celebrity and fashion.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
But closer to me, and with greater incident, these phrases are inflected by the voice of Hiba Abu Nada, the Gazan poet who was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023.
—Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The company is buying this business at the perfect time, with Arora expecting the identity security market to inflect in the next 12 to 24 months due to the emergence of agentic AI, which refers to systems capable of taking actions and adapting with less input from humans.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
By the early 2000s, Rolling Stone seemed overly preoccupied with Boomer artists of fading vitality; Spin, while containing punchy criticism, was a glossy consumer magazine inflected by celebrity and fashion.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
But closer to me, and with greater incident, these phrases are inflected by the voice of Hiba Abu Nada, the Gazan poet who was martyred in an Israeli airstrike on October 20, 2023.
—Huda Fakhreddine
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The company is buying this business at the perfect time, with Arora expecting the identity security market to inflect in the next 12 to 24 months due to the emergence of agentic AI, which refers to systems capable of taking actions and adapting with less input from humans.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflect
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But on closer inspection, modern details emerge—the flush sundeck a top the boat, curved windows on the main deck and helm area, and, almost impossibly, a fold-out beach club at the stern.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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The ethereal structure comprises 297 stainless steel panels that had to be carefully fitted together and integrated with the curving staircases, whose wood elements evoke a ship’s deck.—
Blane Bachelor,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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Raise your right arm overhead and side bend to the left to deepen the stretch.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Machines bent shoes thousands of times to test creasing.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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Passmore reflects on Shakur’s life and considers how her story highlights the broader struggles and resilience of Black activists whose work is marginalized in mainstream histories.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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During a June 2025 interview with The New York Times Magazine announcing her retirement, Copeland reflected on her impact as the changing face of elite ballet.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Other fits have been hateful, veering into racist and antisemitic diatribes.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the first batch of episodes, only a handful of choices can meaningfully veer the story’s trajectory.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Inflect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflect. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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