learning curve
noun
1
: a curve plotting performance against practice
especially
: one graphing decline in unit costs with cumulative output
2
: the course of progress made in learning something
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Belichick has a steep learning curve coming to college football for the first time in his career after being a savant in the NFL.
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Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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That put Daka on a learning curve with some hairpin turns.
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Leadership Development Approach From the outset of launching Apex, Iftiu acknowledges that his biggest learning curve involved shifting focus from personal production to leadership multiplication.
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Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, the European and Ukrainian vectors provide software, training, and export scaffolding that reduce risk and shorten learning curves.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
That put Daka on a learning curve with some hairpin turns.
—Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Leadership Development Approach From the outset of launching Apex, Iftiu acknowledges that his biggest learning curve involved shifting focus from personal production to leadership multiplication.
—William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Learning curve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/learning%20curve. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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