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curve

[kurv] / kɜrv /




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In the bond market, Treasury yields slipped at the longer end of the curve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

After approximately ten days, once the trees had developed a noticeable curve, researchers moved them into the experimental apparatus.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

“I think gradual makes sense when you’re not much behind the curve, where you want time to learn, both from the economic environment and the external environment,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Dan Mackta, managing director at Qobuz, an online music platform that maintains a strict human-first approach to curation, agrees the technology "is never going to want to throw a curve ball at you".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

“When we get to the oak tree, we curve to the right and our camper will be there waiting for us.”

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

“Between the homes, a freeform pool curves through natural rock, hiding a grotto and a slide, with a shallow ledge for lounging and an elevated spa,” according to the listing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

As steep learning curves go, this one was off the scale.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The two-dimensional surface itself is finite and has no border because it curves back around.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Going into 2027, eurozone bond curves are expected to resume steepening, encouraging debt management offices to continue gradually reducing weighted average maturity, Morgan Stanley strategists say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Wyrdmarks stared up at her, their intricate curves and angles speaking a language she couldn’t yet begin to decipher.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Even more striking was its second toe, which could bend backward unusually far and carried a curved, sickle-shaped claw.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Even the chisels -- straight, curved or zigzag, depending on the motif -- are made here.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Using SpaceX rocket technology, the angular sports car climbed a curved ramp and hurled itself to a controlled landing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Megaraptorans were closely related to tyrannosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex but had slender heads and attacked prey with their large arms and giant curved claws instead of their jaws.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

It curved immediately, then curved again, and Rowan soon lost his sense of direction.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

The historic campus, with its 1800-era buildings that survived the Civil War and its curving brick-paved paths, was the nexus for my inquiry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

Argentina went ahead two minutes into extra time on a strike from Lisandro Martinez, but Cape Verde equalized in the 103rd minute with a curving effort from Sidny Lopes Cabral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Origami models sometimes rely on folding or curving of paper for additional stiffness.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Hazel imagined the tunnel curving back toward Pasiphaë, ever so slightly.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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