as in scramble
informal
a quickly followed straight or direct course
He made a beeline for the kitchen.
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as in to overtake
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Recent Examples of beeline
Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Jim Harbaugh made a beeline toward midfield, shook Raiders coach Antonio Pierce’s hand and turned right around toward the sideline.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
Other passengers beeline toward tables and help themselves to puzzles and games provided by the ship.
—Laura Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Hayes fired his gun after the man made a beeline from across the street, tackled Hayes and knocked him to the ground before grabbing him around the neck on a sidewalk, video shows.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2024
Jim Harbaugh made a beeline toward midfield, shook Raiders coach Antonio Pierce’s hand and turned right around toward the sideline.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
But most municipal transportation systems were designed for workers beelining downtown, not for schoolchildren commuting across the city.
—Kendra Hurley, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
Other passengers beeline toward tables and help themselves to puzzles and games provided by the ship.
—Laura Randall, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beeline
Noun
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The fallout might be a scramble to adjust to the new trade normal that could jolt the global economy.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Google’s OpenAI scramble After OpenAI’s success with ChatGPT, Google (GOOGL+1.25%) raced to catch up, giving its AI team just 100 days to build a competitor.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Researchers at the University of Oxford recently set out to read some of Tennyson’s indecipherable scribbles using advanced imaging techniques.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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This review will set out the scale of public spending, which totals around £1.27 trillion.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Jeanty would become the Broncos’ highest-ever draft pick if that came to fruition — overtaking Ryan Clady, who was the 12th overall pick by the Denver Broncos in 2008.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Falcons also manage to overtake the Buccaneers for the division with Michael Penix under center in what is a similar battle to the AFC South.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Place the chips in a colander lined with wax paper and give them a strong dash of sea salt before serving.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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The new record will also feature dashes of R&B, Afrobeats and dancehall, further cementing Nailah as one of the most limitless and versatile artists of her class.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The high-profile deportations quickly set off a legal battle in the U.S.—
Annabelle Hanflig,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2025
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However, smoke from the barbeque made its way inside the home, setting off the smoke detectors.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In India, even the world’s most visionary filmmakers cannot outrun the inevitable intermission.—
Viren Naidu,
IndieWire,
24 Mar. 2025
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In most polls of June’s Democratic mayoral primary to date, Cuomo is outrunning Adams by a 3:1 margin.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Germany, a country that traditionally favors social spending over national defense and is almost immovable out of its comfort zone, now resembles a country in a hurry.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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European officials and observers have also warned the administration, in its hurry to reach a deal, is vulnerable to manipulation by Putin.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The unemployment rate also ticked up to 4.1% as the Trump administration continued its large-scale slashing of government jobs and back and forth over its trade policy, both of which unsettled businesses and households — putting pressure on the economy.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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Watson, whose massive frame is famous in Gainesville, put himself on the national stage after a 36-rep bench press that would’ve marked the best figure at the combine by three reps.—
Jackson Castellano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
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“Beeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beeline. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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