linear

Example Sentences

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Vermant emphasizes that foam stability is not influenced in a straightforward or linear way.

From Science Daily

The card will be the first boxing event on BBC linear television in 20 years.

From BBC

Nike warned earlier this month that its trajectory “won’t be linear” as it looks to move past years of softening demand and heavy discounting.

From Barron's

That black hole was discovered by chance when it first appeared as a faint linear streak in a Hubble Space Telescope observation of globular clusters.

From Scientific American

Many dyslexics end up "compensating" for their trouble with language processing by doing other things really well – things that don't come naturally to the linear mind.

From Salon