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parabolic

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


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As first-quarter earnings loom “amidst parabolic AI revenue inflections at foundational model leaders,” Citi Research analysts expect the concerns around the durability of business models for software-as-a-service companies to intensify in the months ahead.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

And one thing we’ve learned about commodity markets is that it doesn’t take much speculative money to make them go parabolic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“We’ve seen parabolic moves in gold and silver,” said Ron Albahary, chief investment officer at Laird Norton Wetherby.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

Front-month gold futures continued their parabolic move toward $5,000 a troy ounce, closing Friday at $4,976.20.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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