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curvatures

noun

plural of curvature

as in curves

something that curves or is curved curvature of the spine is called scoliosis

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Recent Examples of curvatures Posture Changes Spine curvatures can make standing up straight difficult, causing lower right back pain. — Brandi Jones, Health, 6 Sep. 2025 Their team built custom platinum contact lenses, press-molded to precise curvatures, and connected them to electrodes. — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025 Its signature lies in fluid curvatures and elegant silhouettes that strike the perfect balance between understated and striking. — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 Its outstanding appeal, grandish curvatures and extraordinary interior design are just the norm for the upscale interior brand. — Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025 There are hardly any flat architectural surfaces, and NAUSICAÄ is shaped by curvatures and louvred details. — Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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Make careful vertical swipes, run the vegetable peeler down the sides of the fruit, following its curves to trim closely between the skin and the flesh.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
Users can store up to five profiles on the physical device, including different headphone calibrations and custom tonal curves.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of curves

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Despite Iran’s threats, 20 of those ships had taken a route far south of Iran that hugs the coastline of the United Arab Emirates and bends along Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, avoiding Iranian waters.

— Matthew Mulligan, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Follow with 5–10 side bends per side, reaching toward your knee while keeping your movements slow and controlled.

— RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 24 June 2026

Definition of bends

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Aging athletes talk all the time about that sense of being tested, of being seen from all angles.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 July 2026
Though some of these screens display different video works, while others form The Late, all seem to tell pieces of the same story, albeit at different times and from different angles.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

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