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trajectory

[truh-jek-tuh-ree] / trəˈdʒɛk tə ri /


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Yet, they’re implicitly about what’s gone awry in America: How did the upward trajectory that he grew up feeling entitled to get all squiggly?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

While the stock could certainly go lower from here, Hughes believes Nvidia’s long-term trajectory remains intact.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

What ultimately will determine CoreWeave’s fate, though, is the trajectory of the AI boom to which it is inextricably tied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Barring last year's Scottish Cup win, there has been a general downward trajectory in fortunes for Aberdeen.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Why did the trajectory equation need to account for the oblateness of Earth?

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

They’re set to influence the future trajectories of the largest global economies and trade routes.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

The launch trajectories of blood-cancer drug Blenrep and asthma treatment Exdensur have been slow to date, Citi says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

The darkened fragments then complete their descent, with atmospheric winds potentially pushing them away from their original trajectories before they land as meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Even within the highest echelons of wealth concentration, these two groups are on different trajectories.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

A summary of the last 13,000 years of New World and western Eurasian history makes clear how Europe’s conquest of the Americas was merely the culmination of two long and mostly separate historical trajectories.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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