as in curvature
something that curves or is curved
the stars seemed to align themselves into one vast glittering arc
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as in to curve
to turn away from a straight line or course
the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him
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Recent Examples of arc
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Sabally had a career first playoff double-double with 23 points with 12 rebounds including 4-for-9 from beyond the arc.
—Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
The activity, visible across several provinces, was captured in photographs and videos posted on social media showing luminous trails arcing across the night sky.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Chris Caldovino has enjoyed arcs on two of the most important crime dramas of the century thus far.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Sabally had a career first playoff double-double with 23 points with 12 rebounds including 4-for-9 from beyond the arc.
—Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
Some contain metal or nylon particles that could ignite or cause arcing.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
The activity, visible across several provinces, was captured in photographs and videos posted on social media showing luminous trails arcing across the night sky.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arc
Noun
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A little farther back, in 2023, a fascinating paper came out asserting that perhaps Hawking radiation isn’t just for black holes, but rather should apply to any massive object that led to spacetime curvature.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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Its outstanding appeal, grandish curvatures and extraordinary interior design are just the norm for the upscale interior brand.—
Marc D. Grasso,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The difference in the zero-point energy of space between those two locations tells us, as first derived in Hawking’s 1974 paper, that radiation will be emitted from the region around the black hole, where space is curved the most strongly.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The angles of the rooms are all curved, and there’s a circular quality to the sets that gives the impression that nothing leads anywhere.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
22 Sep. 2025
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Fans are already consuming an increasing number of clips captured on other viewers’ phones, offering unique angles of game-changing plays or gnarly injuries mixed with the fan reactions that make those moments so compelling.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Dirty kicks are essentially high-arching knuckleballs that can land in the middle of the field and take an unpredictable bounce or fly at an angle, depending on how the kicker makes contact.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The tech — Loomia Electronic Layer (LEL) — is a flexible circuit sheet that bends, sketches, and survives in fabrics while carrying functions such as heating, lighting, or pressure detection.—
Jamie Landeau,
Refinery29,
24 Sep. 2025
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Now, the logic board is just at the top, where a bend is less likely to occur, and the battery is more resilient.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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In a rare turn for Chinese tech, Alibaba is leaning heavily into superintelligence — a hypothetical AI system surpassing human intellect — mirroring efforts by US firms like OpenAI and Meta.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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That vulnerability, in turn, was the result of a flaw in the logic for validating a firmware image after it has been uploaded through the Supermicro BMC.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Arc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arc. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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