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
Art De Roché, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
The offense Macdonald and Grubb talked about can loosely be interpreted as the inverse, using Smith’s arm and the threat of all those pass catchers to generate advantageous run looks for Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Genital psoriasis caused by inverse psoriasis looks smooth, tight, and shiny.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Last season was the inverse of their first year as title challengers, with the second half of the campaign stronger than the first.
—Art De Roché, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
The offense Macdonald and Grubb talked about can loosely be interpreted as the inverse, using Smith’s arm and the threat of all those pass catchers to generate advantageous run looks for Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
An inverse effect of the group chat’s casual, forgettable dialogue is that switching into a more earnest mode can be difficult.
—Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Genital psoriasis caused by inverse psoriasis looks smooth, tight, and shiny.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inverse
Noun
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Seen facing each other on a couch, the two converse with the ease of good friends.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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James Devaney Vivienne, of course, joined Jolie on opening night of The Outsiders, dressing on-theme in a navy utilitarian jumpsuit and converse.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
21 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Investigators say video surveillance showed a white Volkswagen sedan reverse parking near Northwest 14th Street and 8th Avenue in Florida City at 9:14 p.m. Two men dressed in dark clothing exited the vehicle and walked west toward the scene, according to Jackson’s arrest affidavit.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Residents also were notified by reverse 911 calls and deputies going door to door, said sheriff’s Lt. Noah Zarnow.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The other side of the coin Which is the opposite of what happens in low-resource communities.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
22 Jan. 2025
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Without this reform, many energy projects would be delayed for years, if not decades—the opposite of energy dominance.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Our tax dollars should not be complicit in propping up entities that are counter to American interests, antisemitic, or engaging in fraud, corruption, or terrorism.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Jan. 2025
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But more significantly, the frustration that led to that penalty came out of something St. Louis has been wanting out of Caufield, so to punish him for providing what his coach wants from him would have been counter to that message.—
Arpon Basu,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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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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Acosta had a famously antagonistic relationship with Donald Trump during the President’s first term in office.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The antagonistic bills’ timing couldn’t be worse, one Republican argued, given the ongoing catastrophic wildfires in the Los Angeles area which have already destroyed thousands of homes.—
Jenavieve Hatch,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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According to one estimate, 96 percent of the world’s population speaks just four percent of all languages, which means that the striking obverse is also true: just four percent of the world’s population speaks 96 percent of all languages.—
Ross Perlin,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Apr. 2024
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But the two scary-sounding facts have happy-sounding obverses.—
Dominic Pino,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2024
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“Inverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inverse. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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