vice versa

Definition of vice versanext

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Recent Examples of vice versa As in the old Actors Studio days, the performers here shape the characters as much as vice versa. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026 Bond yields fall as prices rise, and vice versa. Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026 Investors seemed tired of his flip-flopping rhetoric on the war, and have started paying attention instead directly to the signal of Israel continuing to strike Iran, and vice versa. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026 The answer to this is neither; drinking hot water isn’t more hydrating or better than cold water or vice versa. Audrey Noble, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vice versa
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vice versa
Adverb
  • This black version with its delicate ankle strap and front detailing proves otherwise.
    Alex Sales, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2026
  • And the anti-war movement includes some — a lot of independents and young people who otherwise might not be engaged.
    NBC news, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Requiring hours of collaboration and complex coding, the 1976 animation is, conversely, one of Bettina’s most visually straightforward objects.
    Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Fossil fuels, conversely, are permanently exposed to ongoing opex risk.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • It could be counteracted by a weaker employment number, given a slowing economy generally coincides with falling yields as investors seek out safety (bond yields move inversely to prices).
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Doing so might be the result of social conditioning, making women more sensitive to emotional realities and comfortable expressing them — and, inversely, social conditioning making men less sensitive to emotional realities and more uncomfortable expressing them.
    Elissa Strauss, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Electrostatic forces occur when oppositely charged particles interact with each other.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2019
Adverb
  • How to estrange—to imagine differently—our presence in such places?
    Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This month, the cosmos dares you to do things differently, so trust your instincts and embrace the momentum.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vice%20versa. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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