plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
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streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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With box office levels still well below pre-COVID heights and inflation costs pushing budgets up, just as global streamers pull back from indie movies, film producers, sellers, and financiers are getting squeezed.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Variety later reported that the streamer is no longer covering expenses for Gascón’s travel to awards shows or her styling for any appearances at these events.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
The nine-hour, bombshell documentary was in development at Netflix for five years before the streamer reportedly pulled the plug in a deal with the superstar's estate.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Spotify and Warner Music Group struck a new multi-year distribution deal covering music and music publishing, similar to an agreement the global streamer announced with Universal Music late last month.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Variety later reported that the streamer is no longer covering expenses for Gascón’s travel to awards shows or her styling for any appearances at these events.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
The nine-hour, bombshell documentary was in development at Netflix for five years before the streamer reportedly pulled the plug in a deal with the superstar's estate.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
Spotify and Warner Music Group struck a new multi-year distribution deal covering music and music publishing, similar to an agreement the global streamer announced with Universal Music late last month.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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