caustic
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As gravitational waves slowly shrink the orbit, they subtly alter the shape and motion of the caustic curve.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
A selection of the 50p coins will also include what the Royal Mint called a "groundbreaking caustic feature".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Lyrical saint Nick Cave was more caustic — notoriously so — when he shared how he felt about these boys of California’s endless summer.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
In their caustic vividness, Mr. Blankfein’s opening chapters more resemble Saul Bellow’s “The Adventures of Augie March” than any normal business book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
In the middle years of the seventeenth century experience stopped being something that accorded naturally with the statements of previous authorities and became a caustic solvent of fabulous beliefs.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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