Almost everything you say is an inversion of the truth. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Simply put, when we hear the term inversion on the news we are generally talking about a temperature inversion. From Wordnik.com. [ABC 4: Top Stories] Reference
After all, the inversion is a tonal sift — a choice that the translator makes for effect. From Wordnik.com. [Translating Again : Kwame Dawes : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
A prime cause of this inversion is the distortion in perception brought about by rank tribalism. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Israeli Version of Ship Incident] Reference
Perhaps the inversion is for a very clever purpose?. From Wordnik.com. [That It Is More Admirable To Be a Decent Person Than Otherwise « Unknowing] Reference
The inversion is actually met with in later Buddhism. From Wordnik.com. [Psalms of the Sisters] Reference
Problem is, yeah, role reversal/inversion is still pretty obvious. From Wordnik.com. ["...moments before its skies rained down on me."] Reference
Weather: A temperature inversion is holding this murky cold, chilly fog close to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [View from the Northern Border] Reference
(Though remember, kids, thanks to ballot initiatives in the 2004 election, retrograde inversion is now illegal in 35 states.). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
In fairness to Halperin, I do want to point out that this example of Greek inversion is more complicated than I have thus far indicated. From Wordnik.com. [The Uses and Abuses of Historicism: Halperin and Shelley on the Otherness of Ancient Greek Sexuality] Reference
This so-called inversion is accompanied by an expansion. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
This inversion is coming it just doesn’t make political sense right now. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Rove: Economy Will Get Better Soon] Reference
The inversion is a reflection of still-elevated production prices, he says. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
She says that to treat it, she does yoga and something called inversion therapy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 8, 2007] Reference
Practical application is easier in the so-called inversion of the visual object. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students] Reference
France, however, is experiencing a good/bad inversion, which is highly undesirable. From Wordnik.com. [Fromage for Thought: The Science of Losing] Reference
“inversion is archaic & poetic under such circumstances, & non-inversion normal”. From Wordnik.com. [The curious land of the ampersand] Reference
There are occasional references in literature to what may be called the inversion of the natural attitudes of the city child. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
ANDERSON: Rosie says her recovery and treatment includes hanging upside down every day, something that ` s known as inversion therapy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 9, 2007] Reference
I agree that ONE of the arguments offered by the prescriptivist is the "inversion" argument. From Wordnik.com. [On all and all] Reference
Prevailing atmospheric conditions such as inversion and a low wind speed prevented dispersion of the gas. From Wordnik.com. [Bhopal, India] Reference
Nearly every time the yield on short-term debt has surpassed the yield on long-term debt what's known on Wall Street as an "inversion". From Wordnik.com. [Yield Curve as Recession Harbinger] Reference
This kind of inversion is the hallmark of the Islamic hearts-and-minds campaign, and as we are all asleep, we do not realise how it works. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
We will have what's called an "inversion" over the Tri-State. From Wordnik.com. [Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com] Reference
Her story is a kind of inversion to that of Preciosa, and might make an interesting romance. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson Armistead, 1819?-1868. A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Colored Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race.] Reference
The reason it's an "inversion" is because the right refuses to price in negative externalities and the left insists on it. From Wordnik.com. [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference
Lowery intimates that a kind of inversion has taken place in West's understanding of the relationship between sexuality and Christianity. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Victrix] Reference
Hegelian notion of Being as essentially pure thought issues naturally in a kind of inversion of the ordinary notion of causality; for, with. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
| and says there is an 'inversion' in the first, third, and |. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
An inversion which is perhaps not more unidiomatic than Mr. Cary's. From Wordnik.com. [The Unseen World, and Other Essays] Reference
Such layers are called inversion layers. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Quieres ira dancing? (inversion: Want to go a bailar?). From Wordnik.com. [Selena Country] Reference
If this is an inversion of the Gospels, Schuller doesn't seem to notice. From Wordnik.com. [From The Glass House To The White House] Reference
In 2006 Dudley expects another inversion, as the Fed raises short rates. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting for a Soft Landing] Reference
M. Bechamp's first note on the inversion of sugar was published in 1855. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
THOMPSON: And so, they're the inversion of Tom Waits, and I think both are well-served. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Of 'Song Of The Day'] Reference
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