How to Use trajectory in a Sentence

trajectory

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  • And along the way, change the trajectory of our own lives.
    — Jim Olson, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • That was the thing that changed the trajectory of our show.
    — Clarkisha Kent, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • If anything might shift the polls or the trajectory of the race, that might be it.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • The trajectory is there if the Ducks care to meld into the kind of team that wants to seize it and do big things.
    — John Canzano, oregonlive, 2 Jan. 2021
  • The outdoors can be the best way to launch on this trajectory.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
  • If there was any year for the Frogs to change the trajectory of their program, 2023 was it.
    — Charles Baggarly, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • None of the other 14 songs on our list had the same trajectory.
    — Philip Bump, star-telegram.com, 6 June 2017
  • This will tell us more about the trajectory the group is on.
    — Cate Huston, Quartz at Work, 19 Aug. 2019
  • How much would this delay change the trajectory of the ball?
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 July 2019
  • The trajectory was bloodless; the ball spent most of its trip rolling lazily along the ground.
    — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 15 June 2018
  • The whole trajectory of life is to move out of the shadows, out of darkness, into the light.
    — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Instead of a west-to-east trajectory, the jet stream starts to follow more of a north-to-south path.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Is this the first game of a new career trajectory for John Ross?
    — Cincinnati.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • In that time, Dota 2 has kept to the same trajectory of constant growth.
    — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 30 May 2018
  • The trajectory would imply that the launch point of the attack was being masked.
    — Tim Lister and Nic Robertson, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • She's got visions, dreams, and goals, and is on a trajectory to hit them all, and then some.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Jordan has many skill sets as a player that will add to the trajectory of our team on the court.
    — Hannah Underwood, Dallas News, 4 May 2021
  • What are those things that, if solved, would clear your path and change your trajectory?
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Months of fighting may yet lie ahead, but the trajectory is clear.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The Nuggets might have thought this one was over early in the third quarter, based on that trajectory.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 19 May 2024
  • The next few minutes would change the trajectory of my life — for better or worse.
    — Nick Baumgartner and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The fall virus spike and variants doomed that trajectory.
    — Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 10 May 2021
  • How much has the trajectory been altered by two straight wins?
    — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 15 July 2019
  • But the trajectory has not been a one-way burst higher for all, Hogan noted.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • That’s the forward trajectory with which racist white men fall.
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The Libra eclipse on the 14th is the first in a series that will shake up the trajectory of your professional life over the next year or so.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The first tracer rounds were aimed at or near ground level, based on their trajectory seen in the beginning of the video.
    — Jonathan Baran, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • So the trajectory of the story might have lifted from Arwen and picked up the doorman.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • The pandemic changed the whole trajectory of my life, honestly.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 12 July 2024
  • But the association among younger adults falls in line with the life trajectory of other diseases associated with age, Isaacson said.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 23 July 2024

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