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incurvature

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Definition of incurvature

as in loop

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The 30-minute loop leaves plenty of time for aimless exploration and patient scavenging, but also provides enough pressure to require you to balance cautious patience with aggressive intent.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Reflecting this, flight paths show the aircraft made two loops to burn fuel before returning to land at LAS, per FlightAware.

— Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of loop

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By the last fold, dough should be significantly smoother and tighter.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
The restaurant group behind Husk opened a second location in Nashville in 2013, and though Brock left its fold officially in 2019, Music City has been his home for 13 years.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

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The crash, which occurred in a flat stretch surrounded by olive fields in between the towns of Urda and Los Yébenes, left carriages shredded into bits of metal and other material, scattering debris down a gravel slope.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Mount Fuji’s hiking trails, Niseko’s ski slopes, and Nara’s deer park all began to sag under the weight of overtourism.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of slope

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For you, this is a month that feels like reaching a finish line, though perhaps one that comes with a surprise twist or ending.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Every 25th edition of the games, known as a Quarter Quell, adds a special twist to the annual Hunger Games rules.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of twist

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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
Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.

— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021

Definition of flexure

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The technological advice and subsequent stock moves come as concerns about rapidly developing artificial intelligence capabilities swirl in cybersecurity.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
The offseason all the way through the countdown to the Sixers' home opener Thursday against Cleveland has been a swirl of excitement in Philadelphia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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