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curve

[kurv] / kɜrv /




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That should help keep the pressure on bonds, as the Treasury yield curve threatens to invert once again.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

And ahead of his 37th birthday next week, any typical aging curve suggested that trend would only accelerate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

She adds that such courses are "ahead of the curve" in recognising that content creation is increasingly an important part of marketing.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

If so, space might eventually curve back around itself.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

She listened for the grating chug of the wheels and metal-on-metal screech of the brakes as the train rounded each curve, but it was still too far away.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The two-dimensional surface itself is finite and has no border because it curves back around.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

"We have to understand that we're heading for catastrophe if we don't bend the curves" of greenhouse gas emissions, Jouzel said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Which may well be why so many musical instruments so often mirror the curves, contours and parts of the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The first one was finished in 1915, and it was one scary ride, crazy as a Mobius strip, with 697 curves in its 36 miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

We tore around the curves, barely staying upright as tremors shook the mountain.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

It has a paper cover and a flat spine, while the Chinese-made version is covered in fabric, with a curved spine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

We do not need to leave Earth to prove that its surface is curved.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Also, curved walls like this are so expensive; architects never get a budget to do stuff like that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Once inside, curved cherrywood ceilings and tree-like pillars tower over the tables, booths and bar for a cinematic effect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

I fill my paper plate with unappetizing pastries—miniature muffins, a Danish filled with some dark, unidentifiable jam—a banana with too much green along its curved rind, and a firm, cool-skinned orange.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

When choosing a pillow, back sleepers should consider the flexion at the top of their spine, a curving that increases naturally in many people as they age.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Wearing a shoe called “El Último Tango”—”The Last Dance”—Messi sent a corner kick curving into the most dangerous zone on the pitch, head-high just in front of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Origami models sometimes rely on folding or curving of paper for additional stiffness.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Its curving, ever-changing titanium facade — with offset panels catching the light and wowing millions of visitors — became a symbol of a new era of baroque, digitally-driven architecture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

The upper plate begins to bend, curving at the fault and forming a deep ocean trench.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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