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linear

[lin-ee-er] / ˈlɪn i ər /






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While there is popcorn, there’s no fixed seating, no timed screenings and no attempt to tell a linear history of film.

From Los Angeles Times

“This long-term rally in gold has not and will not be linear, so for now we once again digest, reset and repeat.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Growing streaming profitability is critical for entertainment companies as their linear network businesses continue to decline because of cord-cutting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shareholders have been keenly focused on Disney’s streaming growth as linear TV continues to see declines in viewership.

From Barron's

In their fiction—mostly novels for Woolf, short stories for Mansfield—they experimented by replacing linear narrative and descriptive detail with suggestion and symbolism.

From The Wall Street Journal