Examples of steepen in a Sentence
The path steepened as we approached the summit.
A large glacier steepened the side of the mountain.
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The trail follows the canyon floor, tracing the edge of a small, clear creek for four miles before steepening to climb up and out of the canyon to McKittrick Ridge.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
The Treasury yield curve typically steepens as the Fed starts to lower interest rates, leading policy-sensitive shorter-term bonds to outperform.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
Direct sales steepened their year-on-year decline to 9% from 2% for the two quarters, filings showed.
—Evelyn Cheng,sonia Heng, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
The slope of the decline is flattening, not steepening.
—Brad Hunter, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
The Treasury yield curve typically steepens as the Fed starts to lower interest rates, leading policy-sensitive shorter-term bonds to outperform.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
Direct sales steepened their year-on-year decline to 9% from 2% for the two quarters, filings showed.
—Evelyn Cheng,sonia Heng, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
The slope of the decline is flattening, not steepening.
—Brad Hunter, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Steepen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steepen. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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