convex

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Recent Examples of convex Though ashen, the convex steel form still resonates to the rhythmic thump of her hands. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026 The research team developed a route-planning system for Astrobee, the ISS’s robotic assistant, that leverages sequential convex programming—a method that decomposes complex trajectory planning into smaller, tractable steps while guaranteeing safety and feasibility. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025 But in all realities, the E3 uses two auto-focus points – like a stereo range finder – for engraving over uneven or concave/convex surfaces. New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025 The project’s design features a convex frontage on First Street that echoes the original Migliavacca Building, honoring the family that helped establish Napa’s early commercial and civic identity in the 19th century. J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for convex
Recent Examples of Synonyms for convex
Adjective
  • Whereas Vaslav’s unorthodox looks infatuated many people, hers (protuberant teeth and lips, stocky body, flat chest, powerful thighs) alienated many.
    Alastair Macaulay, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
  • And the rear of the case is deeper to accommodate a protuberant rear camera—hinting that the next iPad will see a big camera upgrade.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
Adjective
  • The exhibit will be visible from the street, set up in a protruding bay window, and visitors will be able to walk through the railcar.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The whole setup looks like a giant creature with an extremely dense and compact body, a long, protruding neck, and an almost-cute face — a little bit like Wall-E, and a little bit like the servant-pet-robot from Red Planet that turns on Val Kilmer and tries to murder him.
    Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lounge chairs have become increasingly bulbous and cushy over the years, so Knoll’s Perron Pillo Lounge chair feels perfectly on trend.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Sound collected by a deer’s large, swiveling outer ears is funneled through small, conical ducts into these bulbous structures protecting the middle and inner ears.
    Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Photos from the hospital show him with a bandage on his head, a bruised, swollen eye and a bloody gash on his cheek.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.
    NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In the enlarged vision of the classics slowly taking shape in the American academy, Yanxiao has found an intellectual foothold.
    Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Maddix was born by emergency C-section with an enlarged heart that was causing a laundry list of other medical problems.
    Libby Smith, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The motif of shooting this show, as Alex [Kurtzman] established in the pilot, were these tight moving close-ups with these new anamorphic spherical lenses that are up in people's faces.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • About an hour's drive north of Dunedin on the South Island, Koekohe Beach is famous among geologists for the spherical boulders that formed about 65 million years ago.
    Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The Galaxy Buds Pro also feature a streamlined, minimally protrusive shape that allows for limited contact with the open air and a unique chamber and mesh filters that cut out disruptive wind interference for clearer-sounding calls no matter the weather.
    Zarah Kavarana, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Lumbar support on the mesh back is very good and the curve is well-placed and protrusive enough to support my slightly more pronounced back curvature perfectly.
    Corey Gaskin and Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2020

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“Convex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convex. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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