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gradient

[grey-dee-uhnt] / ˈgreɪ di ənt /


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“Time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture,” one co-founder wrote to announce his last day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The big air structure at Milano Cortina's Livigno Snow Park has a total length of 225 metres, a peak height of 40 metres and an average gradient of 28%.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

"It's time to recalibrate my gradient on the big picture," he wrote.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

And they might increase the gradient and speed on the treadmill until you feel your heart beating faster and your breath quickening.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 23, 2025

En route, traveling the gradient of bombykol, he notes the presence of other males, heading in the same direction, all in a good mood, inclined to race for the sheer sport of it.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas