S-shaped

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Already, we have S-shaped growth curves, L-shaped recessions, V- and U-shaped recoveries, and W-shaped whatevers.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

The two men stayed together in the open, carving wide S-shaped turns.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2024

The Feynman sprinkler problem is typically framed as a thought experiment about a type of lawn sprinkler that spins when fluid, such as water, is expelled out of its S-shaped tubes or "arms."

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

The natural law of growth in competition suggests this optimism is misguided: Mass shootings follow their own S-shaped natural-growth curve different from the one for all gun deaths shown earlier.

From Scientific American • Aug. 28, 2023

The one Laika found was dried and flat, an old rattler that had become an S-shaped band of snake jerky.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith