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growth curve

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noun

  1. a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“We want our growth curve to get going,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

By combining growth information from multiple specimens of different ages, they created a composite growth curve for the species.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

The other growth curve that excites us is the company’s financial-services offerings in a region where banks have been oligarchist and underserved customers.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The country's once-promising growth curve has dipped and graver challenges loom in the low-lying delta that is vulnerable to climate change.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024

That bend in the growth curve, small though it was, perplexed Monod.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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