gradient
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For example, a cyclist who suddenly hits a curb experiences a sharp velocity gradient when the bike stops but the rider's momentum continues forward.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
He testified: “It’s tough to go against the gradient with command and be the only one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
“Time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture,” one co-founder wrote to announce his last day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Saturday's potentially pivotal stage finishes at the summit of Jebel Hafeet after a 10.6 km climb with an average gradient of 6.9 per cent.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
She knew exactly where the gradient shifted to put it into neutral.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
A weaker AMOC, he argues, could sharpen the temperature contrast between northern and southern Europe - one of the gradients that helps drive storms and other extremes.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The team suspected these gradients could play a major role in shaping magnetic fields.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
The coffers have their own rhythm; indirect lighting turns the hollows into shadow gradients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Weak offshore gradients that bring warm desert air to the coast add to the heat, said Robbie Monroe, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
In English, they would be free of the sharply defined gradients of Korean hierarchy: formal deference, informal deference, blunt, familiar, intimate, and plain.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing gradient
Born a Crime
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By the Roots: Grad-, Gress-: to step
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It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
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