How to Use learning curve in a Sentence

learning curve

noun
  • With 25 years in and out of jail, there’s a learning curve.
    Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Still, there was a learning curve, on and off the field.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
  • The film took a while to create as the two took on the new learning curve.
    Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The learning curve is the 13 months until the next election.
    Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Such a big learning curve for these guys from the States.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 23 July 2021
  • Still at the start of the learning curve for the position.
    USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Even for the top players, there can be a learning curve in the NFL.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Every step of the process was a huge learning curve for me.
    Liz Appel, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But there’s no time for a learning curve for some of those.
    David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • There is the learning curve for the transfers and freshmen.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a great thing missing, and it’s the learning curve.
    Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • There seems to be a steep learning curve, but the effects are worth it.
    Lindsey Lanquist, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But Nikka was very kind to kind of let that project be a learning curve for me.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 July 2022
  • Then: There’s a learning curve on how and when to make a lunch plan via app.
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 15 July 2021
  • On the other hand, getting in over your head is part of the thrill and the learning curve.
    Bill Gifford, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2022
  • There won’t be a learning curve for those three, though.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2023
  • For Chapek, the creative side of the business has been a learning curve.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The learning curve on Sea of Thieves took about four days to overcome.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The learning curve was steep, and when, after a year, the chef quit, Munk was offered the job.
    Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The learning curve proved smooth for Horschel, who had landed a 29.82-pounder in the mid-morning.
    Clayton Freeman, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022
  • There was a learning curve to figure out how to keep them safe.
    oregonlive, 8 May 2021
  • The timing of Williams’ learning curve doesn’t favor the Bulls.
    Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • There’s just been a giant learning curve for all of us.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2022
  • So, like, for me, learning how to be on a set was such a big learning curve.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • There’s a lot that goes into it, so it’s been a very strange learning curve.
    Spin Contributor, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • So learning how to weight train was a huge learning curve for me.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The learning curve is steep in the nation’s sixth-largest school district.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • There’s a learning curve involved with that kind of style.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The Knicks are still adjusting to new faces after offseason trades brought in Bridges and Towns, and with that comes a learning curve.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • But with someone like Leonardo, there was a particularly steep learning curve.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024

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