1
as in skimmed
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use
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as in reversed
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
flip the coin over
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Recent Examples of flipped
Two people were killed and another 20 people were injured when a coach bus carrying passengers crashed into other vehicles and flipped over a median into oncoming traffic late the night of June 29, authorities in New York said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Two cars were severely damaged after a bus flipped over and crushed them on the Long Island Expressway.
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Christina Fan,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Smith flipped to second baseman Ketel Marte, and Marte flipped the ball right back to Smith.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 June 2026
That changes a bit if Grant is flipped for something more valuable.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
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Will MacKin,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
With her ends flipped and her top layers curled and hairsprayed in place, the aesthetic harked back to the poodle bob trend popularized in the 1940s.
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Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
The lead flipped from one team to the other multiple times early.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Once price finally broke through it, that old resistance flipped into a reliable support floor, which is exactly where the stock found its footing and initiated the current bounce.
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Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Two cars were severely damaged after a bus flipped over and crushed them on the Long Island Expressway.
—
Christina Fan,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Smith flipped to second baseman Ketel Marte, and Marte flipped the ball right back to Smith.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 June 2026
That changes a bit if Grant is flipped for something more valuable.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
—
Will MacKin,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
With her ends flipped and her top layers curled and hairsprayed in place, the aesthetic harked back to the poodle bob trend popularized in the 1940s.
—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
28 June 2026
The lead flipped from one team to the other multiple times early.
—
Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Once price finally broke through it, that old resistance flipped into a reliable support floor, which is exactly where the stock found its footing and initiated the current bounce.
—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipped
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My hair, which reached beyond my ribs, skimmed the skin of my waist exposed by the cutouts.
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The delicate skirt skimmed her frame in weightless mesh, finished with floral lace appliqués and a silk charmeuse waistband that offered just enough coverage while maintaining the airy feel.
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On June 12, an Illinois appeals court reversed the $60 million judgment against Mead Johnson and sent the case back for a new trial.
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Journalists at the news giant have been anxious about the direction of the news operation ever since Warner reversed a decision to sell its streaming and studio assets to Netflix and instead packaged the whole company for Paramount.
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Even games with anti-cheat that thumbed their nose at Linux and the Steam Deck are now supporting Windows on Arm, too.
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McCain first thumbed the pages en route to the Tarkanian Classic, a notable high school tournament in Las Vegas.
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Pink started things literally inverted, with one of her famous aerial tricks to begin her opening number.
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That equation has been inverted.
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His site checks the popular campgrounds every 12 seconds for cancellations while less popular campgrounds are scanned often but less frequently.
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Before long, the crowd joined the thousands of other fans lining up eagerly lining up to have their tickets scanned.
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“Flipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipped. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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