parabolic

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As first-quarter earnings loom “amidst parabolic AI revenue inflections at foundational model leaders,” Citi Research analysts expect the concerns around the durability of business models for software-as-a-service companies to intensify in the months ahead.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Pointing to gold’s parabolic climb in recent months, which recently pushed it above $5,600 a troy ounce, he added, “There is no liquidity. It went up. On what?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The moves have been parabolic and, historically, they don’t get repaired by going sideways.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Front-month gold futures continued their parabolic move toward $5,000 a troy ounce, closing Friday at $4,976.20.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, his idealized parabolic trajectory in a vacuum was an essential precondition for the much more sophisticated analysis by Robins and Euler of actual trajectories.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton