curve
Example Sentences
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Dealing with a fast and furious game is, once again, a learning curve to take forward.
From BBC
The museum called the find of the elephant relative and the ancestor of today's slow-moving tree-dwellers with long, curved claws "one of the most relevant" in Costa Rica in decades.
From Barron's
It curved immediately, then curved again, and Rowan soon lost his sense of direction.
From Literature
Also, “the lack of disruptions in Russian refinery activity of late has sapped a large amount of premium out of the nearby gasoil futures with spillover into the U.S. diesel curve,” the firm adds.
"We hope we are a bit ahead of the curve in our behaviours around nutrition, physical performance, conditioning, innovation and technology, but it's getting competitive," says British Curling's head of performance services Nikki Gibson.
From BBC
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