parabolic

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But to really put it through its paces, it requires testing in space-like conditions on parabolic flights.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"Nvidia represents 8% of the S&P 500. Unless there's a belief in this continued parabolic growth it's difficult for investors to get super excited, although Nvidia posted outstanding numbers," she told the BBC.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Chip stocks have pulled back from a parabolic rally, and there are technical and historical reasons for investors to worry that a deeper selloff in the sector will hurt the broader stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

He reckons that whether one does or does not consider the market to be showing bubble characteristics, the recent surge in momentum plays “is textbook parabolic price action.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

Nevertheless, his idealized parabolic trajectory in a vacuum was an essential precondition for the much more sophisticated analysis by Robins and Euler of actual trajectories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton