INCURVING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

incurving

verb

present participle of incurve

as in reflecting

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On the north side, a new seating amphitheater would border the reflecting pool, while glass walls would be installed between the museum’s neoclassical columns.

— Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026
The company also raised its full-year earnings outlook, reflecting continued progress on its turnaround plan.

— TipRanks.com staff, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026

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The tangle of stubby points stood out like overgrown thumbs, and the down-curving prongs on either side of his head were at least a foot long.

— Al Dawson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere, the opposition are man-to-man across the pitch, with full-backs ready to jump forward and McBurnie curving his run to block out the short pass to Tyrone Mings.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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Where so many of her predecessors came alive only on the dance floor, Ojeda allows her subject matter to reverberate through the novel, inflecting every sentence with its shivery rhythms.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
When a company is growing at these rates while inflecting into real profitability, the multiple is less an obstacle.

— Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 2026

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Also bowing is 20th Century Studios’ feature take on Daniel Kraus survival thriller novel Whalefall, with $11M-$12m domestic in 3,000 theaters, and about the same overseas for a $24M WW start on the high end.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
But these four features from Qatar are instead bowing separately as special screenings.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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There is an intentional yawning gap in the floor leading to the basement, and nearly half the building is an open void crisscrossed by arching beams.

— Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Terracotta tiles are at his feet; behind him is a gnarled pine tree, arching toward the sea.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

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