as in curved
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 arced
No matter — everyone rushed outside when the daily mist gave way to a broad rainbow that arced across the bay.
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
The astronauts were able to glimpse craters, mountains, and ridges at different angles as the Orion capsule arced behind the Moon.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
Giuliano Simeone was favourite to get to the ball and cleverly arced his run across the path of Cubarsi, who had been too slow to spot the danger.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The third and final wave of a dawdling Pacific storm will hit San Diego County Thursday afternoon, wrapping up four days of soaking rains, heavy snow, tree-snapping winds and lightning that arced through the darkest hours of the night, the National Weather Service says.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The voltage on the floor arced up instantaneously.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
The veiled sun hat, with its wide brim and crown of rosettes, arced around her face like a halo—perfectly accenting her dreamy soft waves.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
Giles called as a small body (by orca standards) shot out of the water, arced in the air and smacked back down with a belly-flop splash.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Both Maye and Vrabel both said Maye’s pass should have been arced more.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
The astronauts were able to glimpse craters, mountains, and ridges at different angles as the Orion capsule arced behind the Moon.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
Giuliano Simeone was favourite to get to the ball and cleverly arced his run across the path of Cubarsi, who had been too slow to spot the danger.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The third and final wave of a dawdling Pacific storm will hit San Diego County Thursday afternoon, wrapping up four days of soaking rains, heavy snow, tree-snapping winds and lightning that arced through the darkest hours of the night, the National Weather Service says.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The voltage on the floor arced up instantaneously.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
The veiled sun hat, with its wide brim and crown of rosettes, arced around her face like a halo—perfectly accenting her dreamy soft waves.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
Giles called as a small body (by orca standards) shot out of the water, arced in the air and smacked back down with a belly-flop splash.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Both Maye and Vrabel both said Maye’s pass should have been arced more.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arced
curved
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Video emerged online showing a red Ferrari shooting out of a tunnel along the highway at a high speed, slamming into a concrete barrier where the road curved and erupting into flames.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The existing Grand Boulevard road bridge is curved and has no sidewalk, which poses safety concerns for people on foot and bikes sharing the road with vehicles.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Arced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arced. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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