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arrow

[ar-oh] / ˈær oʊ /
NOUN
pointed weapon or symbol
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Now, “the arrow of causality has flipped” on the view that “AI is killing the jobs first, and that’s what’s making the economy sick.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

“He would hurl himself straight as an arrow right into the great roaring grey wall of an oncoming breaker and go clean through it as if it had neither weight nor momentum.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Species known as Anthony's poison arrow frog and the Phantasmal poison frog are among those that secrete the toxin onto their skin.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Spin can be pictured as a small arrow showing the direction of an atom's magnetic field.

From Science Daily • Jan. 12, 2026

Without a sound, he drew an arrow from his quiver and fitted it to his bow.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver