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curve

[kurv] / kɜrv /




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"These are young lads. The learning curve needs to be fast."

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

For Schmidt, the ECB is simply "very worried about being behind the curve because of the experiences of 2021-2022".

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

That’s a transformational change — and the Pentagon has been behind the curve, argues Michael C. Horowitz, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Our Turbo’s rear-wheel steering and torque-vectoring rear differential tightened every curve.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

A tangent is a line that just kisses a curve.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"We have to understand that we're heading for catastrophe if we don't bend the curves" of greenhouse gas emissions, Jouzel said.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Which may well be why so many musical instruments so often mirror the curves, contours and parts of the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

After the road opens up, the drivers make short work of the curves while maintaining a respectful distance from one another.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

Jam leaned against Pet’s torso and rested her head against the goldfeathered curves of its shoulder, two unseen things in the middle of Lucille.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

In 2014, she snapped up two penthouses in the chic Tribeca neighborhood for about $20 million and combined them into a nine-bedroom, nine-bath abode with beamed ceilings, a curved staircase, and enormous windows.

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

At their sharply curved tips, the wrinkles altered the local electrical energy.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Designed to blend into the historic Baroque park, they are notable for their curved ceramic facades, daylight from skylights, accessibility features, drinking fountains -- and free use.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

The eatery features Midcentury Modern touches with curved cherry wood walls and paneled ceilings, as well as illuminated white onyx Corian surfaces.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

They were caught in the green light, curved around my legs staring at the standing form, ears cocked and heads turned sideways while they studied it.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

But it soon began curving around the Arctic Ocean arriving in Iceland in the early evening before sweeping southwards to treat the UK to part of its wonder.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Wearing a shoe called “El Último Tango”—”The Last Dance”—Messi sent a corner kick curving into the most dangerous zone on the pitch, head-high just in front of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

Gehry Partners, the architecture firm established by the late Frank Gehry in 2001, released renderings of its redesign, which includes a curving glass canopy above a staircase leading to the Lower Tram entrance.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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

This was a modern room with a curving steel desk near the center, carefully positioned halogen lights, and a spiral staircase leading down from a perfect circle cut in the ceiling about fifteen feet high.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz




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