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What to Know While levels surged in 2023 following a historically wet winter and plummeted during 2022's severe drought, 2024 offered a more consistent trajectory.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
The mid-aughts’ optimistic calculus of Law’s star trajectory made perfect sense until that stretch in 2004: insanely handsome, charismatic actor with two Oscar nominations (for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain) by the age of 32.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
His fall brought his family’s 50-year grip on Syria to a sudden end, scrambling the strategic map of the Middle East and setting the country off on a new, uncertain trajectory.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Getting the dollar's trajectory right is crucial for investors, given the currency's central role in global finance.
—Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
The mid-aughts’ optimistic calculus of Law’s star trajectory made perfect sense until that stretch in 2004: insanely handsome, charismatic actor with two Oscar nominations (for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain) by the age of 32.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
His fall brought his family’s 50-year grip on Syria to a sudden end, scrambling the strategic map of the Middle East and setting the country off on a new, uncertain trajectory.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Getting the dollar's trajectory right is crucial for investors, given the currency's central role in global finance.
—Saqib Iqbal Ahmed, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trajectory
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Finally, the Bengals have the most difficult path to the postseason.David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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But there were also inflection points that kept the Nittany Lions on a path to the new 12-team Playoff: final-drive heroics at Minnesota, a second-half comeback at Wisconsin with a backup quarterback and celebratory scenes at the Coliseum in Los Angeles.Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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To make up for the lost practice time, the two spent extra time after practices and discussed plays and routes in the locker room afterward.Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The public is invited to line the motorcade route as Carter and his family travel through Plains to the late president’s final resting place.ABC News, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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At the other end of the floor, the Raptors shot 31.4 percent from the field, including faring 10/40 [25 percent] from beyond the arc.Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Ohio State Force a worse shot profile The Buckeyes’ defensive shot profile looks like what teams hope to achieve on offense — nearly 60 percent of the looks come at the rim and beyond the arc.Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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SpaceX successfully launched a miniature fleet of communications satellites into orbit in the wee overnight hours in a vindication of sorts after a last-second abort delayed the flight.Tariq Malik, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024
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The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into low-Earth orbit for nearly three days.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2024
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Complete with her giant shield shades, she was covered up in the boldest way possible.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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Plan Your Meals Meal planning is a highly effective way to save money while ensuring a nutritious diet.True Tamplin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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What this Canada core has lacked through their ascent beginning in 2019 under John Herdman is the ability to win decisive games — particularly against stiff competition — continually.Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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China’s ascent flooded the market with low cost goods and global shipping volumes exploded.Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Last year, Rolling Stone named Thompson and Gunna’s song the seventh best Afropop track of 2023.Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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On an earlier, mid-week night at the Forum, Charli showed up in person for a proper duet of the collaborative track, but Saturday’s show didn’t suffer for the lack of guest starpower: Eilish has enough brattiness for a whole Forum on her own.Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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