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Recent Examples of trajectories
Trocchia said eyewear brands Kate Spade, Carrera, Tommy Hilfiger, Boss, Marc Jacobs and David Beckham confirmed the high‐single to double-digit growth trajectories achieved throughout 2025.
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
After linking the space-junk trajectories to the long-term solar data, the researchers found that increased solar activity boosted atmospheric density around the space junk.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 6 May 2026
Community colleges and regional universities open doors to millions each year, offering affordable pathways to careers and degrees that change family trajectories for generations.
—Ed Smith-Lewis, Fortune, 2 May 2026
There have also been reverse trajectories.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
This predictive modeling engine aims to model evolutionary trajectories, including current genomic states, potential future directions, and possible areas of vulnerability along those paths.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Most people live lives whose day-to-day features aren’t exactly gripping viewing and whose trajectories are difficult to squeeze into the structures and strictures of serialized television.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
These include net deflections and unusual ball trajectories.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh each snapped postseason droughts in 2025-26 and are about to embark on a series that pits two hockey clubs on different trajectories.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
After linking the space-junk trajectories to the long-term solar data, the researchers found that increased solar activity boosted atmospheric density around the space junk.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 6 May 2026
Community colleges and regional universities open doors to millions each year, offering affordable pathways to careers and degrees that change family trajectories for generations.
—Ed Smith-Lewis, Fortune, 2 May 2026
There have also been reverse trajectories.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
This predictive modeling engine aims to model evolutionary trajectories, including current genomic states, potential future directions, and possible areas of vulnerability along those paths.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Most people live lives whose day-to-day features aren’t exactly gripping viewing and whose trajectories are difficult to squeeze into the structures and strictures of serialized television.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
These include net deflections and unusual ball trajectories.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh each snapped postseason droughts in 2025-26 and are about to embark on a series that pits two hockey clubs on different trajectories.
—Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trajectories
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Small differences in timing, composition, and heating may have pushed these neighboring moons down completely different evolutionary paths.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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The paths, sidewalks and streets are also very well maintained.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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These steps will help match you with a child or sibling group that your family will fit well with.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Burke can be seen walking quickly behind Falzone, then shoving him down the steps, according to police.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Some routes might feel more predictable.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Police have asked those traveling around the area to plan for delays and try alternative routes if possible.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 May 2026
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Unlike most Marvel movies that have the complexity of a shopping list, this film is refreshingly deeper and boasts rare transformative arcs for various characters — and not just the lead.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
6 May 2026
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The only way to subdue the dizziness may be to let go of the big ideas—nation, nature, arcs of history bending toward justice, and so on.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 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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The plan represents a departure for Europe’s top satellite makers, which have traditionally focused on large, complex spacecraft in high orbits, but the industry has been disrupted by Starlink’s small, relatively cheap, low-orbit machines.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Food noise stems from the intersection multiple biological systems such as hormones, blood sugar regulation, dopamine pathways and psychological processes.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and city agencies continue to prioritize unit production over ownership pathways.—
Izabela Engel,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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There are ways of using social media as just a private photo album or a diary, but it is designed to be public and for content to spread beyond its context.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Subway has launched a new value menu with more than 15 entrees under $5, offering more protein-forward meals at a time when cost-conscious customers are craving ways to get the most bang for their buck.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The record is nearing completion with about a dozen tracks already slated.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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The title track, with its glassy melody and woozy, almost stumbling groove, deploys wholesome, end-of-the-night, comedown energy not unlike Bicep’s most beloved tracks.—
Reid BG,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Trajectories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trajectories. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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