as in to curve
to change from a straight line or course to a curved one
tree limbs inflecting toward the trunk
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While unwelcome, this might have been dismissed as a fickle and politically inflected data series had it not been preceded by Walmart’s cautious first-quarter guidance, the shortfall in January retail sales, a soft services-sector gauge and rollovers in some travel-and-dining stocks.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
The monkey doesn’t move (except to bang its drum), nor inflect any direct violence.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
The old-school formality of the costumes—women in dresses, men with ties—is counterbalanced by the flamboyance of their colors: flaming red, screeching green, lavish blue, acerbic yellow, judgmental white, which inflect the action’s moods and set its tones.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Also, Rangan sees a possible upside to the calendar year 2025 revenue growth estimates, given inflecting usage trends in communications and new product cross-sell opportunities, backed by core platform enhancements and generative AI innovations.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
The monkey doesn’t move (except to bang its drum), nor inflect any direct violence.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
The old-school formality of the costumes—women in dresses, men with ties—is counterbalanced by the flamboyance of their colors: flaming red, screeching green, lavish blue, acerbic yellow, judgmental white, which inflect the action’s moods and set its tones.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Also, Rangan sees a possible upside to the calendar year 2025 revenue growth estimates, given inflecting usage trends in communications and new product cross-sell opportunities, backed by core platform enhancements and generative AI innovations.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
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The most recent of the roadway fatalities took place about 7:45 a.m. Monday, when a westbound Ford SUV veered off a curving stretch of Gopher Canyon Road in Bonsall and crashed into a ditch near Valley of the King Road, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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The connection to contemporary art also informs the design of the bottle, which was inspired by the curving landforms of Charles Jencks’ Cells of Life at Jupiter Artland.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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These are just three ways UNICEF Zambia is helping to bend the curve for children.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The fashion house’s artisans began experimenting with the material—which is extremely lightweight, strong, and pliable—and eventually created handles out of them by gently bending the stalks with fire and then applying many coats of lacquer.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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Creator Darren Star reflected on the wig reveal seen around the world — when Kimberly reappears after the accident and de-wigs to display a giant brain surgery scar — to Entertainment Weekly in 2019.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Prices listed reflect time and date of publication and are subject to change.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Less than two weeks later, a Learjet 35A owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil, who was not on the plane, veered off the runway while landing, and crashed into a Gulfstream business jet on the ramp at Scottsdale Municipal Airport, in Arizona, and the pilot died.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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What To Know European leaders are veering away from previous plans to deploy troops to Ukraine just after Kyiv and Moscow agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea, as well as a halt on attacks against energy infrastructure targets for 30 days.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Inflect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflect. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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