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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Recent Examples of inflect
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.
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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
Lockwood has admired Plath for years; what confounded her was the biographical approach to her work, the terrible death inflecting everything that came before.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Today, a new generation of chefs is whipping up seasonally informed and culturally inflected variations, transforming the oddity into a full-fledged dessert genre.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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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
Lockwood has admired Plath for years; what confounded her was the biographical approach to her work, the terrible death inflecting everything that came before.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Today, a new generation of chefs is whipping up seasonally informed and culturally inflected variations, transforming the oddity into a full-fledged dessert genre.
—Mehr Singh, Vogue, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflect
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From there, the soft tube grows forward, automatically curving into the trachea.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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The canyon-like layout consists of four spherical structures connected by curving platforms, courtyards, and pedestrian bridges; 3 of the 18 floors are below ground.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Just as popular, however, are adventures set in fantasy cities where players might have to bend a law or two to save the day.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The recordings showed that the octopuses used all of their arms to bend, shorten, elongate, and twist.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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The infectious energy and Justin Bieber-style appeal of 25-year-old country hitmaker Bailey Zimmerman was not reflected in the CMA nominations.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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With contributions across disciplines, the legends featured in the pages of WWD over the decades let their passion fuel innovation, shaping and evolving brand legacies and the industry to reflect the times while leaving an indelible mark.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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One person was killed Monday when a sports car veered off a rural roadway near Pala Casino and crashed into a tree.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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His lyrics, once steeped in political protest, began veering into surreal, layered poetry.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Inflect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflect. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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