curve

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Dame Mary described gardening as "all a learning curve" and said careful planning was key, although she acknowledged she has had a gardener helping one day a week for the past 32 years.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The Raymond James strategists say these booms follow the same basic curve: a technology innovation, followed by evidence of how profitable the boom could be, which in turn leads to more concentrated portfolios.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Now software stocks are scraping themselves off the floor—but are still behind the curve as big investors stick with what has worked.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

He rejects the Phillips curve paradigm—in which higher employment generates higher inflation through wage pressure—that has guided central banks for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

As they rounded another curve in the road, the ground under them rumbled.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack