the curse

noun

old-fashioned + informal
: the process of menstruation

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Now the team does as well. Tipoff Wednesday night marked the halfway point for the Knicks’ quest to cleanse Madison Square Garden of the curse that has tormented it for five decades. Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025 Caught off guard, NBC’s network censors let the expletive slip through on the broadcast for the East Coast but for later viewers removed the curse word from the show as well as from social media clips. Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025 Believing that isolating herself will prevent the curse from passing to someone else, Rose attempts to face the entity alone. Jane Lacroix, People.com, 15 May 2025 Researchers, psychologists, and learning scientists have written extensively about the curse of knowledge, including pieces like this one from PBS NOVA. Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the curse

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“The curse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20curse. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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