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hockey stick curves

hockey stick curves is the plural of hockey stick curve.

Meaning of hockey stick curve

Noun

hockey stick curve (plural hockey stick curves)

  1. A curve on a graph depicting a statistical or numerical trend with a long gradual rise followed by a steep increase over the short term.
    • This same narrative is parroted by the government. But there is nothing natural about it. This is climate change in action, and pretending we aren’t experiencing a climate catastrophe right now is dangerously irresponsible. Remember, we are only at the beginning of the hockey stick curve. Things...2022 March 4, Eddie Lloyd, “The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors”, in The Guardian

Questions about hockey stick curves

What is hockey stick curves the plural of?
Hockey stick curves is the plural of hockey stick curve.

Words near hockey stick curves in the dictionary

  1. hockey skates
  2. hockey sock
  3. hockey socks
  4. hockey stick
  5. hockey stick curve
  6. hockey stick curves
  7. hockey sticks
  8. hockey stop
  9. hockey stops
  10. hockey tape
  11. hockeyer

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