curve
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"Males are the only pigs whose upper tusks erupt through the snout bone and curve back towards their face."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Education needs to be 'ahead not behind the curve'
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The worries on the demand curve have been alleviated quite a bit.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
An analysis from Dow Jones Market Data showed it was the largest “Fed Day” compression of the yield curve since 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Scoot your legs in, Jeff. Your slouching will curve your spine,” she said.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
These asymmetric assemblages, however, don’t feel precarious, but rather safely grounded, their rounded curves giving them a calming maternal presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Later, sitting on an aluminum bench in one of her many-tiered patios, she flips between a blank page and another in which a serpent curves across a cerulean plane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
In the same way a dismal class performance on a business school exam will still yield some A’s, curves also apply in the stock market when a company’s results aren’t necessarily jumping off the page.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
At this point, customer adoption curves are the best indicator of whether the technology and the market are ready for mass rollout.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
But Mama and Daddy just had little smiles, where your mouth curves up in the middle but only halfway.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
Designed to blend into the historic Baroque park, they are notable for their curved ceramic facades, daylight from skylights, accessibility features, drinking fountains -- and free use.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Located near Ouray, the trackway is one of the most continuous and tightly curved sauropod footprint trails ever recorded.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Additionally, the home has a den, built-in storage, curved staircase, outdoor movie pavilion, and 50-foot-long lap pool designed by Johnston Vidal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
A robotic voice tells me to stay still and close my eyes as I stand in a huge curved scanner while classical music plays in the background.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“For elevation, Addy, count the number of curved lines above a point. Like this.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
But it soon began curving around the Arctic Ocean arriving in Iceland in the early evening before sweeping southwards to treat the UK to part of its wonder.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
To Baier he said: “My prediction is that, first quarter, second quarter, what we are going to see, we have brought this inflation down, it is curving down.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
Patchy fur stood tall down his curving spine.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
