V-shaped
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The consensus view for now is that capex growth will taper off after next year while revenue keeps surging, allowing free cash flow to rebound in a V-shaped recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Stable yields follow a V-shaped price action in global yields on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
“It has been yet another V-shaped buy-the-dip recovery in the S&P 500 and another buying opportunity arising from a geopolitical crisis.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Two of the men had patterns of V-shaped scars on their foreheads.
From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park
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