trend
Example Sentences
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When these measurements were fed into evolutionary models, a clear trend emerged: species that devoted less of their body to cuticle tended to form larger colonies.
From Science Daily
"The overarching trend is how many people say what a brilliant bloke he was to bump into."
From BBC
Charlie Sabgir is the research and strategy lead for the Young Men Research Project, which studies political and social trends among young men.
From MarketWatch
The executives at the companies behind the two Ralphs say they are seeing the trend nationwide.
From Los Angeles Times
Because air samples have been collected from locations across Sweden, researchers can reconstruct ecological shifts over decades and compare trends from north to south.
From Science Daily
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