incurving

verb

present participle of incurve
as in reflecting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incurving
  1. reflecting
  2. curving
  3. inflecting
  4. bowing
  5. arching
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  • The award reinforced the engine’s role in the program while reflecting growing demand for compact propulsion systems across the defense sector.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • Both songs lean into booming, elastic layers of electronics and capricious tempo modulations, reflecting her determination to remain bold and unclassifiable.
    — Maria Nenet Barrios, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
Definition of reflecting
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  • Winding along Prospect’s curving paths, there’s a sense that the outside world has fallen away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, each middle finger is adorned with a curving calla lily.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 July 2026
Definition of curving
Verb
  • When a company is growing at these rates while inflecting into real profitability, the multiple is less an obstacle.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • Lockwood has admired Plath for years; what confounded her was the biographical approach to her work, the terrible death inflecting everything that came before.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Definition of inflecting
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  • Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation on Saturday, bowing to mounting pressure after tens of thousands of students and supporters took to the streets demanding his removal and sweeping reforms to India’s examination system.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Winds gusted up to 80 miles per hour, bowing palm trees and knocking down power lines that sparked the fires.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026
Definition of bowing
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  • The name comes from the footlong, fluffy white flower clusters at the ends of arching stems.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Iris van Herpen incorporated plasma into her final look, Helix Nebula, through two glass tubes arching around the shoulders of the dress.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
Definition of arching
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