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bell-shaped curve

[bel-sheypt kurv] / ˈbɛlˌʃeɪpt ˌkɜrv /
NOUN
bell curve
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I just always thought, “Oh, I’ll be on that smallest part of the bell-shaped curve forever and I’ll probably be kind of lonely there. And that’s just what it is in this lifetime.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

Roenneberg has collected data from 300,000 people and found that chronotypes plot as a bell-shaped curve, with a few individuals at each extreme and most falling somewhere in the middle.

From Seattle Times Jan. 2, 2019

Dr. Roenneberg has collected data from 300,000 people and found that chronotypes plot as a bell-shaped curve, with a few individuals at each extreme and most falling somewhere in the middle.

From New York Times Dec. 24, 2018

This bell-shaped curve is used in almost all disciplines.

From Textbooks Sep. 19, 2013

They do not end up in the “classic” bell-shaped curve Siraj and I were expecting.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein




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