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curve

[kurv] / kɜrv /




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At the Texas event, Tesla set up a gigantic C-shaped ramp, and the Roadster ascended to the top of the curve.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The cost would be that the Fed risks falling behind the curve given the booming U.S. economy, he added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Sakurai is already ahead of the curve by leaning into the material’s brainless escapism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The rise in rates has contributed to increases in bond yields on the short end of the curve, which has been seeing issuances in greater numbers, Dabla-Norris said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

I say when he finally disappears around a curve.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

“Between the homes, a freeform pool curves through natural rock, hiding a grotto and a slide, with a shallow ledge for lounging and an elevated spa,” according to the listing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

As steep learning curves go, this one was off the scale.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Based on the change since February in forward curves, which track expectations of rate movements, Citi estimates a 3% uplift to 2028 net profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

On the night table a ballerina held aloft a lamp shade, and a soft pink light bathed her porcelain tutu, accentuating the curves of her strong legs.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Megaraptorans were closely related to tyrannosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex but had slender heads and attacked prey with their large arms and giant curved claws instead of their jaws.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The high, flared wheel arches, the tall, curved roof and the eye-like headlights are all reminders of the original "deux chevaux" or "two horses".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The residents of Drop City, a Colorado artists’ community, built domes from the curved steel tops of salvaged cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Its interior angles would add up to more than 180 degrees because the surface beneath it is curved.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

First Turkey curved her yellow beak into a smile and turned to Nathan.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

A. In many ways, the campus feels the same—the curving brick paths, the historic pre-Civil War era buildings and the genteel feel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

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

Argentina went ahead two minutes into extra time on a strike from Lisandro Martinez, but Cape Verde equalized in the 103rd minute with a curving effort from Sidny Lopes Cabral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

No one had to dream up shutters and window boxes and trim, or porches and turrets and wide curving staircases.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu


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