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parabolic

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


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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

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

The parabolic rise in chip stocks still has many recalling the surges, and eventual end, of the dot-com boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

The parabolic performance of his hedge fund has given the 24-year-old Aschenbrenner a fan club on Wall Street, too.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 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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