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parabolic

[par-uh-bol-ik] / ˌpær əˈbɒl ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
allegorical
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
not representative untypical


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Koss has no plans to trade bitcoin again any time soon, saying he believes the asset has matured to a point where explosive, parabolic gains are a thing of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The fact that they’ve moved up together “marks a period of extremely aggressive buying, culminating in a parabolic uptrend,” Adam Turnquist, chief market strategist at LPL Financial, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Sandisk and Micron—key members of a small group of memory stocks whose parabolic gains have lifted stocks near records—both fell more than 13%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Interlune has tested some of its equipment during parabolic flights, in which a plane flies in a big arc to simulate zero gravity.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

We waded into the crowd, hands linked, our snaking line slightly parabolic in the middle where Olive buoyed up like an astronaut walking on the moon.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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