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trend

[trend] / trɛnd /




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Temperatures are expected to drop slightly below average by Monday, a trend that should continue throughout the week, said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

But Hejazi says its use in drinks and desserts is still "an emerging trend" and hasn't yet hit the mainstream in the UK.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Both sweetcorn's flavour profile and ability to be blended into a creamy texture makes it a great fit for the trend, says Hejazi.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

But they certainly started some sort of trend: From the Wells-and-Wellington controversy, Raymond Hoser’s career was sprung.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

“You might start a trend, and then I’ll never get rid of all this goldarned cotton.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

This summer’s readings “were better than expected,” Warsh said, but “they do not tell me that underlying trends have meaningfully improved.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Still, judging by trends on social media, it seems a lot of people are tickled by the idea that such an outcome is even remotely possible.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

She says she would often make purchases on TikTok or Instagram when she was "tired" or "bored", lured by the latest trends on her feeds.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Michael Horn, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education who studies education trends, said the campuses are trying to meet the changing demands of their students and future employers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

After all, anyone selling a home can now get online and gather her own information about sales trends and housing inventory and mortgage rates.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Versions of it soon trended online, with users adding edits and jokes and mocking the lighting and camera angles in his video.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Indeed, stocks have been climbing since the end of 2022, even as yields have generally trended higher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

The measure, which policymakers closely watch as a gauge of underlying inflation, has remained above 2% since September 2025 and has trended higher in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Fasting blood glucose trended downward across groups, and several lipid related measures also improved.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

Still, Penelope convinced herself that the havoc trended in one direction slightly more so than in the other.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

But McVay also noted that he was in contact with Donald almost daily, and hinted that “if there’s an arrow, it’s trending upwards.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

Still, educational prose, popular keywords, and trending topics explain just a bit of this phenomenon.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

Dish, who now works as a financial planner, says she would buy "pretty much anything that was trending" but her biggest vice was scrolling on shopping apps to pass the time.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Importantly, the frequency of claims has been trending downward recently.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

For every video that swiftly saturated the internet—I'd mom-danced with Jimmy Fallon, Nerf-dunked on LeBron James, and college-rapped with Jay Pharoah—we'd focused ourselves on doing more than trending for a few hours on Twitter.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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