bell-shaped curve
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“It’s a bell-shaped curve, with some people getting sick for just a few days and others having symptoms that last longer than two weeks,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2020
Roenneberg has collected data from 300,000 people and found that chronotypes plot as a bell-shaped curve, with a few individuals at each extreme and most falling somewhere in the middle.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2019
Dr. Roenneberg has collected data from 300,000 people and found that chronotypes plot as a bell-shaped curve, with a few individuals at each extreme and most falling somewhere in the middle.
From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2018
This bell-shaped curve is used in almost all disciplines.
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
“Since there is an equal chance of a marble bouncing left or right at each peg, the marble stacks in the bins below will, on average, form the classic bell-shaped curve of normal distribution.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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