as in flips
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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Paulsen flips through cut-ups and points out spacing and the tiniest of movements in a route, the angles of hips and feet and placement of hands in a block.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025 -
Trump's approach flips that logic.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Interior Department announcement reverses moves by former President Joe Biden's administration to restrict drilling there.—
Nichola Groom,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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This measurement, Gilberton says, reverses the conventional belief that East Crestone is the sub-summit of Crestone Peak.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Inverts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverts. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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