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sawtooth

[saw-tooth] / ˈsɔˌtuθ /


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And “Everything,” co-produced by Italian duo Parisi, has the harsher sawtooth grind of contemporary EDM.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

So, every week when we publish the list of potential post-earnings moves, the top candidates are stocks that display this sawtooth pattern surrounding past earnings dates.

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

Notice that implied volatility increases into a spike and then plunges, creating a sawtooth pattern.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

The main alteration is the change of the iconic sawtooth pennant neon sign to say “Cane’s” instead of Norms.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2024

But they were attacked by a monster with milk-blue eyes and sawtooth skin and teeth like spears jutting from its lower jaw.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Rugged ridges rose here and there, and seared crags split the sky like sharp sawteeth.

From Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey

At early dawn, lining the eastern horizon, are the soft pencils of bashful day over-topping the jagged sawteeth of the yet sleeping mountains, fifty or more miles away.

From Trail Tales by James David Gillilan




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