curve
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Education needs to be 'ahead not behind the curve'
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Most notably, consider what is now happening with the long end of the interest-rate curve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
There will need to be continued innovation around the cost curve, according to Zilberman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
If short-term rates fall faster than long-term rates, the yield curve can steepen, widening the spread between banks’ interest income and funding costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Manipulating an infinite sum—whether it is in the Achilles problem or in finding the area underneath a curve or finding an alternate form for a mathematical function—caused mathematicians to come up with contradictory results.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
The first one was finished in 1915, and it was one scary ride, crazy as a Mobius strip, with 697 curves in its 36 miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
In the same way a dismal class performance on a business school exam will still yield some A’s, curves also apply in the stock market when a company’s results aren’t necessarily jumping off the page.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
At this point, customer adoption curves are the best indicator of whether the technology and the market are ready for mass rollout.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
"I went to run with him high in the mountains. It was tough to follow him – he knew all the curves and the jumps, and it was not easy for me," Volpini recalls.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Lines and curves that contain continents of meaning, points of commerce and culture. Trade and travel routes in every curve.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
The curved concrete gravity dam towered 1,835 feet above sea level in the San Francisquito Canyon, about 30 miles northwest of L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Binoculars or a small telescope can provide a closer look as the curved edge of Earth's shadow moves across the lunar surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Who ever thought it was a good idea to combine a tub’s curved bottom with a shower’s soap and water?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Grieve said the firm's own research concluded the curved plates provided women with more protection when compared with flat plates.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The creature had a large mouth and long fins and a wide back that curved down into the water.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Malik Tillman’s exquisitely placed, curving free kick for a goal in the 82nd minute might have been Messi-esque, but the call on Balogun?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Jason Ardizzone West’s abstract set is a construction of curving ramps, accommodating much of the big chorus and festooned with night lights; a large disc hangs above a center platform, occasionally tilting and dipping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Origami models sometimes rely on folding or curving of paper for additional stiffness.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
To Baier he said: “My prediction is that, first quarter, second quarter, what we are going to see, we have brought this inflation down, it is curving down.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025
She landed on a curving ivory buttress and rode it like a skateboarder grinding a railing.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
