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slope

[slohp] / sloʊp /




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Yosemite National Park is enormous, covering more than 1,100 square miles on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

If you have the bad luck of experiencing a market downturn at the outset, your slope of growth will forever be lower.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

The 50-day simple moving average has also begun to slope higher for the first time since late last year.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

But letting the popularity of an activity determine its legality is a slippery slope.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The bank was a muddy slope covered in ragged weeds.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry




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