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Recent Examples of trajectories
The missile can employ terrain-masking flight trajectories by flying at altitudes below 164 feet (50 m) to delay radar detection.
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Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Persistent structural labor market problems are working against employees' upward trajectories, Salerno said.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Fashion is beginning to split into two distinct trajectories.
—Li Jun, Footwear News, 31 May 2026
Ebola outbreak trajectories in first 100 days Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen rapidly since the WHO declared a health emergency on May 17.
—Jane Weaver, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Safety logic must run with deterministic timing, independent authority and access to safety-relevant abstractions like clearance margins, confidence levels and feasible trajectories.
—John Wall, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
California’s chronic absenteeism crisis has deepened, with roughly one in five students now missing so much school that their academic trajectories are permanently affected, while responses have been inadequate.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Let’s look at some names that will see their trajectories change.
—Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Nothing Starship accomplished on Flight 12 was particularly groundbreaking for SpaceX; the mission goals and trajectories were broadly similar to those of the previous few test missions.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 May 2026
Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Persistent structural labor market problems are working against employees' upward trajectories, Salerno said.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Fashion is beginning to split into two distinct trajectories.
—Li Jun, Footwear News, 31 May 2026
Ebola outbreak trajectories in first 100 days Cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have risen rapidly since the WHO declared a health emergency on May 17.
—Jane Weaver, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Safety logic must run with deterministic timing, independent authority and access to safety-relevant abstractions like clearance margins, confidence levels and feasible trajectories.
—John Wall, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
California’s chronic absenteeism crisis has deepened, with roughly one in five students now missing so much school that their academic trajectories are permanently affected, while responses have been inadequate.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Let’s look at some names that will see their trajectories change.
—Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Nothing Starship accomplished on Flight 12 was particularly groundbreaking for SpaceX; the mission goals and trajectories were broadly similar to those of the previous few test missions.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trajectories
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These results come as Chinese automakers continue to rapidly advance electric motor technology across multiple design paths.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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Bike paths in Moss Park downstream of the gage will be flooded, and the soccer fields at Moss Park will begin to flood.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2026
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On a sunny afternoon in May 2024, a hundred New England foodies gathered on the steps of the US Capitol to declare New Haven, Connecticut—in as official a manner as possible—the pizza capital of the United States.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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In aggregate, these steps have reduced capital requirements for the largest banks by 6 percent, translating to $60 billion less capital available to absorb losses and prevent failure from spreading through the financial system.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Lower cabin altitude can help reduce the physiological stress associated with high-altitude travel, an important factor for passengers flying across time zones on long-haul routes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 June 2026
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Governments around the globe coordinated a historic release of strategic reserves, while Gulf producers rerouted shipments through alternative export routes.—
Devika Krishna Kumar,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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Advertisement If a good finale ties up a show’s plot and answers crucial questions, then a great one completes character arcs and deepens themes developed across multiple seasons, revealing the intricacy of narrative architecture too subtle to perceive from one week to the next.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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The task required the writers to rehearse for months to map out contingencies and shape character arcs.—
Justin Ray,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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The kick stage will be able to take big payloads from LEO to higher-energy orbits — for example, up to 8,800 pounds (4,000 kg) to geostationary orbit, a popular hangout for spy, communications and weather satellites that lies 22,236 miles (35,785 kilometers) above Earth.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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Canadian and American researchers simulated satellite orbits in low Earth orbit and generated a metric, the CRASH Clock, that measures the number of days before collisions start happening if collision-avoidance maneuvers stop.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Jan. 2026
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Reducing weight also reduces the pathways by which obesity fuels cancer, explains Bernard Fuemmeler, associate director of population science at the VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and a co-author of the breast cancer study and the colorectal cancer study presented at ASCO.—
Lori Youmshajekian,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
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Scientists believe the treatment works by engaging neuromodulatory systems in the brain, particularly pathways involving norepinephrine and acetylcholine.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
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What Labbé conveys through his prose here is the ways that soccer, at this highest of levels, can create a kind of collective experience for both players and spectators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The pair visited Ethiopia in 2019 and met with Sahle-Work Zewde, the first woman president of Ethiopia to discuss ways to help girls continue their schooling.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Long forgotten – with tools, a mine car and tracks still inside – the entrance was later rediscovered and opened in the 1990s as an attraction and RV park.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Her traffickers forced her to call her family to cover their tracks.—
Anna McAllister
June 9,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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“Trajectories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trajectories. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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