incurvature

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Noun
  • Denver metro test drive loop My drives with the Prius covered much of the South Denver metro area, including stretches of C-470 and E-470, where steady highway cruising allowed the hybrid system to show off its efficiency.
    Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Tie it to your handbag or belt loop instead.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The algorithms, Zhu explained, filter out unwanted noise such as moonlight reflections, auroral light, the shadowing by clouds and vegetation, and even differences caused by the viewing angle of the satellite during different passes.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And so, the intensity of your desire to do that might be a good reflection of how much soft power that country is exercising.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Each molecule can contain more than two hundred carbon atoms, twisted into a dizzying array of rings and folds.
    Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • And another law that took effect in 2015 folds tribal consultation into the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Thirteen of the group were hit by an avalanche that swept down a slope on Perry’s Peak, northwest of Frog Lake.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Fog rolls in off the sea, rain clouds form against the steep volcanic slopes and squalls appear without warning.
    NPR, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Festivals have recognized that, while K-pop broke a lot of ground, many other countries have distinct twists on the formula worth exploring.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Amin Ahmad puts his own immigrant twist on an American literary classic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The spiral of death & destruction must stop now.
    Kevin Collier, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
  • At the end of the film on the beach, there’s a little moment when his legs fold around himself in a spiral, like a cinnamon bun, which was done on the reference table.
    Emma Forgione, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The colon's transverse section lies horizontally, and the splenic flexure (where the colon curves sharply beneath the lower end of the spleen) is located in the LUQ.
    Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024
  • How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?
    Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
Noun
  • His head isn’t visible; the focus of the image is the swirl of hair on the man’s chest and at his waist, pointing toward what is concealed in his trunks.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • For Young, the projects are intertwined, with his past and future colliding in a swirl of acrylic shells, nostalgia, and high-definition spectacle.
    Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Incurvature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incurvature. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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