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As a Black man, the choice to wear glasses directly affects how smart/cool people perceive you as, and they’re inversely correlated.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Yields move inversely to prices, so higher yields represent a sell-off in bonds — and an aversion to funding U.K. debt.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Further, its return on capital employed is moving inversely compared to peers.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
The brighter the object, the lower the number, with negative values representing the brightest ones; inversely, the dimmer the object, the larger the positive number.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Yields move inversely to prices, so higher yields represent a sell-off in bonds — and an aversion to funding U.K. debt.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
Further, its return on capital employed is moving inversely compared to peers.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
The brighter the object, the lower the number, with negative values representing the brightest ones; inversely, the dimmer the object, the larger the positive number.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for inversely
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“Inversely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inversely. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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