sloping

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The world's best struggled to get to grips with the task presented by an undulating course with thick rough and sloping greens.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The Cboe volatility indices’ term structure is more steeply sloping, and VIX futures are trading at a fairly large premium to VIX.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

The term structures are sloping upwards, particularly in the front end of the curve.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Foiling the visual expectations of a lifetime, the four-door’s glass roof joins the car’s sloping rear deck just over the rear axle, omitting a transparent panel of any kind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The room faced the yard and overlooked the long, sloping garden, which was filled with flowers: bright red geraniums, sweet-smelling mignonette, and purslane with red, orange, yellow, and pink blossoms.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman