parabola
Example Sentences
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Seen from the ground, their ephemeral parabolas look like calligraphic brushstrokes.
From Washington Post
“The parabola is the perfect concentrator of all energy to a single focal point,” said Eversley, now 81, who remembers being the only African American in the school of engineering at Carnegie Mellon.
From New York Times
Knowing a body in space, the parabolas of certain gestures, the side angles of expressions, the timbre of a wisecrack, the mood of a certain strut lend an illusion of kinship.
From Los Angeles Times
He attempted a deft lob, conjuring an artful parabola, but his calculations were off, just barely.
From New York Times
This was known as the Kuznets curve, a parabola that showed inequality soaring before being slowly brought back to Earth through redistribution.
From New York Times
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