as in curvature
something that curves or is curved
the bold curve of the racing yacht's hull
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as in to arc
to turn away from a straight line or course
after following a straight path most of the way down the mountain, the ski trail abruptly curves to the right
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as in to bend
to cause to turn away from a straight line
curved the wood to make a bow
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Recent Examples of curve
Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Other economists found the same curve in data from other countries, including the United States.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Arbat might even derive from gorbat (hunchback), because the road curved in and around streams.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Colorado backup quarterback Dominiq Ponder, 23, died in a single-car crash on March 1 after losing control on a curve.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Other economists found the same curve in data from other countries, including the United States.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
Didier—tall, blondish, and well fed—took a black iron pan having fairly high, curving sides, set it near the edge of the hot, flat metal cooktop, filled it halfway with coarse salt, and every so often shook it back and forth.
—Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Arbat might even derive from gorbat (hunchback), because the road curved in and around streams.
—Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curve
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However, the purely gravitational effects that work on spacetime itself, affecting its curvature, expansion, contraction, or evolution, should affect gravitational waves just as significantly as light gets affected.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Apr. 2026
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This curved gaming monitor has a curvature of 100R, which fills your peripheral vision and keeps you immersed within your playing sessions.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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There were also high-arcing 3-pointers that touched nothing but the net, a difficult runner through contact that went in, and the kind of gravity that gave Kristaps Porzingis a layup just by cutting into space while the big man dove.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The curtain then appeared to bend the bat held by the bronze version of Suzuki as confetti rained down on the crowd.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Dreams blend and bend time; death annihilates it, and Miller’s play is both.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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Because of that unexpected damage, NASA tweaked Artemis 2's reentry profile, bringing Integrity in on a steeper angle to limit the amount of time its heat shield was exposed to extreme conditions in the atmosphere.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The senior blasted a shot from 20 yards out from a sharp angle to the left to the top right corner to tie the game 2-2.—
Charles Baggarly & Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2026
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During the period in between the two imaging opportunities, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen lost contact with Houston Ground Control for around 40 minutes as the Orion spacecraft rounded the far side of the moon.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2026
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Other burgers and hot or cold sandwiches round out the lunch menu, which caters to a revolving door of workers on their lunch breaks.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The plant is a clump-forming fern with arching stems.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
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According to Archer Western, HDR’s design engineers failed to properly account for wind loads — including hurricane winds — in an initial, partial design for the signature bridge arches that the contractor used to calculate construction costs and time for its bid.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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His approach shot bounced in front of the green, took a left turn and plopped into the pond, leaving quiet ripples across the water.—
Doug Ferguson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Those microbes in turn produce short-chain fatty acids that reduce inflammation in the gut.—
Andrea Muraskin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Denver re-signed Dobbins and believes Harvey, a dynamic pass-catcher, will only trend upward in Year 2.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Coverlets with a single bolster pillow are trending.—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Curve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curve. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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