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Though the trajectory is familiar, Timbers speeds the action along by having Groff transition between scenes by snapping his fingers, which triggers a matching shift in Justin Townsend’s lighting.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2025
The series always made time for Midge’s (Rachel Brosnahan) inner life and personal relationships, illustrating how those factors affected her stage performance and overall life trajectory.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2025
These sensors were originally activated to detect larger, brighter incoming ballistic missiles, which have a predictable trajectory toward their targets after boosting themselves out of the atmosphere and into space.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2025
Now that the Department of Education has signaled that the backlog is being addressed, millions of borrowers stand to regain control over their loan trajectories.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2025
The series always made time for Midge’s (Rachel Brosnahan) inner life and personal relationships, illustrating how those factors affected her stage performance and overall life trajectory.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 27 Apr. 2025
These sensors were originally activated to detect larger, brighter incoming ballistic missiles, which have a predictable trajectory toward their targets after boosting themselves out of the atmosphere and into space.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 26 Apr. 2025
Now that the Department of Education has signaled that the backlog is being addressed, millions of borrowers stand to regain control over their loan trajectories.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trajectory
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The advancements in hair restoration and the increasing acceptance of cosmetic procedures for all offer a path for men to take control of their appearance and well-being, with none of the shame of yesterday.—
Rhiannon Frater,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Comments In the season finale of NCIS: Origins, Gibbs (Austin Stowell) crosses path with his second wife, Diane (Kathleen Kenny).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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American Airlines did not address additional questions from The Observer about its capacity issues, as of Tuesday. ’Simply out of space’ American Airlines uses larger planes that are part of its main fleet with full-service operations for longer routes.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2025
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But sales of tickets for summer travel from the rest of the world are down only 2 percent compared with the same period last year, according to data on the 25 most popular routes from the Airlines Reporting Corporation, whose data covers about two-thirds of global airline ticket sales.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Over the last three games, VanVleet has scored 25, 26 and 29 points, shooting an eye-popping 18 for 27 from behind the arc.—
Kelly Iko,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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An audience of 218 semi-encircles the stage on tiers fitted out with comfortable leather armchairs; the musicians perform against a convex wall that tosses sound across the same wide arc.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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The rocket's upper stage continued carrying the 23 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO), where they're scheduled to be deployed 65 minutes after launch.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Six years ago, Amazon unveiled its plans to build a constellation of internet-beaming satellites in low Earth orbit, called Project Kuiper.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement While Pittsburgh might not need FEMA aid, if the Trump Administration has it their way, many communities across the country could be left in the lurch on disaster recovery aid, as the administration looks to dismantle the agency and shift disaster response onto states.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
2 May 2025
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No, everybody should find their own way to become original.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Unlike most of football’s recent risers, Glimt’s ascent has not coincided with a takeover from a billionaire or sovereign wealth fund.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Gold's ascent, therefore, is not simply a story of market cycles.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trent Grisham, a talented defender, made a rare mistake on the ball, which turned him around before falling on the warning track.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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The track reaches so many lists, in part, because it’s categorized under both the alternative and rock genres.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Trajectory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trajectory. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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