11 example sentences using swan.
Swan used in a sentence
Swan in a sentence as a noun
Black swan farming is not what YC tries to do.
I don't think black swan is an appropriate title.
This allows them to call the black swans out well before they're apparent to the rest of us.
The way their personalities are set up makes them act like early black swan detection devices.
I didn't stop being terrified out of my freaking mind until "swan dive", which was the moment that I knew I had the crowd.
Should the entire plant workforce **** themselves?Things like nuclear meltdowns are black swan events, with a multitude of causes and guilt.
Swan in a sentence as a verb
This is not a black swan event, it happens regularly, just not often enough that people remember its possible.
Where does this myth come from that universal healthcare systems like the European ones deny coverage for black swan events?
What you're basically suggesting is that, in the case of such a black swan event, we will **** off a large proportion of the only people who can prevent it from happening again.
In the current state, it thrives partially because the reception provides the safety-checks and balances needed to prevent and offset these black swan events.
I sometimes think that progress in the 21st century will be summed up as: "The realization that the normal distribution is not the only way to model data".Taleb's favorite topic is the "black swan event" which is something that the normal distribution, and the idea of standard deviation, don't model that well.
Swan definitions
stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"