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Grain prices shot up after Russia pulled out of the deal but have since fallen back, indicating that there isn't a big crunch in the market for the moment.
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Then the equations easily predict that, in the case of positive spatial curvature, an expanding universe will ultimately reach a maximum size and recollapse in a big crunch, whereas flat or negatively curved universes will expand forever.
—Mark Trodden, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2012
And some cosmological models have hypothesized that the universe could collapse back in on itself in a big crunch, precluding the final light show.
—Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2020
The biggest crunch point is expected to be the English Channel crossing between Dover and the French town of Calais.
—Charles Riley, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
Some are wondering if a similar scenario could play out again, with the big crunch point coming after the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2021.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
To be sure, Next doesn’t rely heavily on the Port of Dover, widely expected to face the biggest crunch if the U.K. crashes out of the European Union without a deal.
—Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
In theory, such a nonstandard form of dark energy could also profoundly diminish or even reverse its effects in the future, leaving open the possibility that the universe could still experience a big crunch.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 May 2018
Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2023
Then the equations easily predict that, in the case of positive spatial curvature, an expanding universe will ultimately reach a maximum size and recollapse in a big crunch, whereas flat or negatively curved universes will expand forever.
—Mark Trodden, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2012
And some cosmological models have hypothesized that the universe could collapse back in on itself in a big crunch, precluding the final light show.
—Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2020
The biggest crunch point is expected to be the English Channel crossing between Dover and the French town of Calais.
—Charles Riley, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
Some are wondering if a similar scenario could play out again, with the big crunch point coming after the Scottish Parliament elections in May 2021.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
To be sure, Next doesn’t rely heavily on the Port of Dover, widely expected to face the biggest crunch if the U.K. crashes out of the European Union without a deal.
—Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
In theory, such a nonstandard form of dark energy could also profoundly diminish or even reverse its effects in the future, leaving open the possibility that the universe could still experience a big crunch.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 May 2018
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First Known Use
1977, in the meaning defined above
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“Big crunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20crunch. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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