as in opposite
something that is as different as possible from something else
the new administration had promised peace and prosperity, but what we got was the obverse: war and recession
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as in reverse
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Recent Examples of obverse
Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2014
Barnacled and throttled, the underside of the Santa Monica Pier is the shadowed obverse of the cheery tourist destination above it.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
The answer, perhaps, was shame: What Ernaux seemed to have understood from the start is that shame is the obverse side of truth.
—Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
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Noun
And if lack of activity means flimsier bones, researchers want to see if the obverse is true.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2014
Barnacled and throttled, the underside of the Santa Monica Pier is the shadowed obverse of the cheery tourist destination above it.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Adjective
The obverse side will still feature the portrait of former President George Washington by Laura Gardin Fraser.
—Jordan D. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
The answer, perhaps, was shame: What Ernaux seemed to have understood from the start is that shame is the obverse side of truth.
—Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
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But, instead, Johnson claimed, the president and others have done the opposite and tried to create chaos.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
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That said, in the race for revenue in college sports, many schools are doing the opposite.Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recycling them requires a reverse supply chain almost as complicated.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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One new element revealed is a 15 to 1 reverse stock split at the new Starz Entertainment — meaning Starz common shares will be consolidated so that every 15 of them will be rolled into one.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2024
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The scans also showed an inverse relationship between the brain regions that enable people to plan, solve problems, and prioritize information–-called executive control domains–and the regions of the brain with more specific functions.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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When bond prices go down, bond yields go up due to their inverse relationship.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Obverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obverse. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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