A path can move before churn is recorded
The endpoint label can remain unchanged while the path changes. The lines are an illustrative timing model, not a prediction of churn.
Reference & Evidence
Source: Author-generated illustrative model. Stable path values are [1, 1, 1, 1]; deteriorating path values are [1, 2, 4, 7] across four observation phases. The index has no empirical unit and is not a customer score.
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