How to Use linear in a Sentence
linear
adjective
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Of course, approval of the Supreme Court isn’t a linear trend.
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Cooper Burton,
ABC News,
2 Oct. 2023
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Next, the researchers in his lab made a linear incision in the skin of the mice.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee,
The New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2023
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This is linear, and this is streaming at the same time.
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Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
13 Sep. 2022
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But, much like the road to success, the episodes' timeline is not linear.
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Lindsay Geller,
Women's Health,
15 Apr. 2023
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Their shows have been pretty linear for the most part, so that was scary to me.
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Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 May 2022
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The fairly linear melody at the start of the first verse certainly captures the vibe.
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Tom Roland,
Billboard,
23 Jan. 2024
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What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
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Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2024
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In most gym movements, the weight follows a linear path.
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Men's Health,
7 July 2023
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Live sports keeping linear TV alive has been the case for many years now.
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Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2024
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But the narrative is not linear; the ladies decide to go to bed, and the cameras go down.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Our review unit is equipped with the former, a linear switch.
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PCMAG,
26 May 2024
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Wednesday night proved growth in the NBA is rarely linear, and showed just how far Houston has to come.
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Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
21 Dec. 2022
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The wine has a natural grip and is laser-focused and linear.
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Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The all-in figure is more than three times the show’s same-day, linear audience.
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Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 May 2024
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Though, keep in mind that healing is not always a linear process.
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Claire Gillespie,
Health,
1 May 2023
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The controls work better here than in the open world because of how much more linear the levels are.
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George Yang,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2022
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And then of course, that feeds in a very linear way to private tech companies.
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Joe Weisenthal,
Bloomberg.com,
23 June 2022
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Cyclical planning of the supply chain based on a linear process belongs to the '80s era.
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Cyrus Hadavi,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2023
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Parks and Recreation: The Wharf is a mile-long linear park with swings and lounge chairs overlooking the water.
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Amy Worden,
Washington Post,
3 Apr. 2024
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Ryan seems to have little in common with the über-famous child stars of linear TV.
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Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Aug. 2024
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This isn't to say, though, that your healing journey will be linear or easy.
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Elizabeth Berry,
Woman's Day,
12 Oct. 2022
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The effect isn’t linear: as the planet gets hotter, the sky gets even thirstier.
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Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2022
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The focus ring has a linear response with a very long focus throw.
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PCMAG,
6 Jan. 2025
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Smith missed nine of her 14 attempts from the field, all reminders that growth in young players isn’t tidy and linear.
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Wilson Moore,
The Indianapolis Star,
13 Aug. 2022
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And the league has sought out ways to get its games on new platforms while still keeping them on broadcast and linear TV.
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Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2024
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The shows will go out on both a linear service and a digital platform.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2023
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But this prediction is not based on a linear birth rate.
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Jacob Livesay,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2023
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This process of decay has not been linear or uniform across the island.
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IEEE Spectrum,
27 Jan. 2023
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Progress may be halting, and the change may not be as fast or linear as athletes deserve.
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Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
10 Feb. 2022
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The soft paint color has a spa-like effect while the beadboard brings in a subtle linear pattern and an extra layer of visual interest.
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Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Jan. 2025
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