as in converse
formal + technical
something that is formed by inverting something else
the inverse of your argument
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as in reverse
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Recent Examples of inverse
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Where Reagan talked and acted kind toward weaker interlocutors such as Ottawa and tough toward menacing ones such as Moscow, Trump does the inverse.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
The inverse relationship between gold and the dollar becomes especially powerful in moments like this — when policy looks shaky and risk becomes much more difficult to price.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Naturally, the inverse applies too: when satisfaction declines, communication tends to decline as well.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Where Reagan talked and acted kind toward weaker interlocutors such as Ottawa and tough toward menacing ones such as Moscow, Trump does the inverse.
—Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Why the gold rush The traditionally inverse relationship between Treasury yields and gold seems to have broken down.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
The inverse relationship between gold and the dollar becomes especially powerful in moments like this — when policy looks shaky and risk becomes much more difficult to price.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inverse
Noun
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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The chatbot converses with patients while simultaneously reviewing their medical records, then generates a ranked list of diagnoses and makes recommendations, such as for prescription drugs or lab tests.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So Akasha performed a reverse image search on a product shot of the powdered bark that his source had sent him.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Well, Look Even Better Myth: That hot-at-Sephora skin salve will hydrate your skin and reverse years of damage caused by a bad diet and lackluster hygiene habits.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Known on the international festival circuit for his epically minimalist features with bladder-busting running times, his movies are challenging, high-art dramas made for a very select few — the opposite of the flashy, ADHD-friendly content found on streamers.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2025
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But Toile Blanche, the Leroy Brothers’ longtime hotel in Provence, is the opposite of all that.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Instead, the Department of Health and Human Services is filling with political appointees whose views of vaccines run less obviously counter to evidence than Kennedy’s.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
17 May 2025
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Grab a counter seat to watch the cooks prepare the evening’s meals.—
John Wogan,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The context seemed to offer proof of William Blake’s adage: Without contraries is no progression.—
Barry Schwabsky,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2024
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Anyone still out on new ownership is just a contrary a this point.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
29 July 2024
Adjective
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For example, the antagonistic alien brute Captain Gantu is left out.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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In Nine Perfect Strangers, tension emerges from the slightly antagonistic forces that both revere and challenge Masha’s notions.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
Noun
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On the watch’s obverse, a teal blue dial in grand feu enamel presents a dynamic barley-seed pattern that requires 12 hours of meticulous hand-work to create.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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Kraft noted that the coin's obverse was identical to the 1806 British coinage, while the reverse was unique to the Bahamas.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Inverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverse. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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