oppositely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppositely
Adverb
  • Bond prices and yields move inversely to one another.
    Sean Conlon,Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Yields, which move inversely to prices, have remained elevated this year.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The Fever, conversely, find themselves in a rut, having lost four of their last five games and two in a row.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Myers, the talent behind Wednesday’s roommate, Enid Sinclair, in the show, conversely, kept a pasty, pale visage, drawing attention to her deep plum lipstick.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Foreign customers and regulators could treat Intel differently because the U.S. government is now on the cap table—Intel explicitly warned of this.
    Michael Cannivet, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Indian monsoons are associated with heavy rain lasting for months, but the North American monsoon behaves differently, according to Climate.gov.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The woman, who identified Johnson as her assailant, suffered swelling to her hand, but was otherwise uninjured, officials said.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Defensive transitions could hurt them again if Ilkay Gundogan and Bernardo Silva are forced to play lots of minutes, but otherwise, this City team is much better equipped to deal with the top two than last season’s.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Pop culture always reflects and responds to trends in the political sphere, and vice versa.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Strangely, the sides are flipped: The right bud is on the left and vice versa.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
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“Oppositely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppositely. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.

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