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gradient

[gray-dee-uhnt] / ˈgreɪ di ənt /


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Make sure the stairs are “future-proofed” for your 73- and 83-year-old selves in terms of safety, materials, guardrails and gradient, especially considering that you are planning to stay in this house for the foreseeable future.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

As the color grew out, McCoy trimmed the shape so the dark roots faded into the blond tips, creating a gradient effect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“My guess is where that leads is just a lower gradient of returns from here, i.e., as earnings growth slows, the extent to which the market appreciates slows, but on net still positive,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

"We were able to create nice gradient: the concentration of embedded ytterbium ions gets denser as you go through each layer, with the core being the most dense," says Wu.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

PIH believed in sending resources directly to Cange, down “the steep gradient of inequality.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

In extended sources, researchers observed systematic age gradients that are consistent with the movement of plasma through the lobes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

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 options trading, there are gradients of success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

He droned on and on about dendrites and voltage gradients, but in my dream I couldn’t stop wondering how much of what I remembered about Jesse was truth and how much was fiction.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson


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