linear

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In September, Nike’s management said its rebound wouldn’t be “linear.”

From MarketWatch

“Our proposal clearly offers WBD shareholders superior value and certainty, a clear path to close, and does not leave them with a heavily indebted sub-scale linear business,” he said.

From MarketWatch

Unlike The Last of Us, which guides the player through a linear story experience, the Fallout games drop them into a more freeform world.

From BBC

“Near-term progress will be far from linear, but it is reasonable to believe that peak negative impacts from tariffs are in the rearview mirror,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

That songwriting is not a linear thing, at least for me.

From Los Angeles Times