linear

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The arrangement of Noguchi’s sculptural set pieces—some heavy and solid, others linear and light, alongside Graham’s mostly form-fitting costumes—evokes spare landscapes framing theatrical fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“Anytime you see parabolic moves or linear vertical moves, that’s telling you that it’s less about a sober assessment of a company’s prospects on a straight valuation basis than it is about people chasing momentum.”

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

"Here we have two hominin species that are together. And human evolution is not linear, it's a bushy tree, there are life forms that go extinct."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Angel Delgadillo’s papers, donated to Northern Arizona University, take up 23 linear feet in the school’s Cline Library.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

His thoughts turned to linear acceleration, the technology that Lawrence had been developing with David Sloan at Berkeley until the cyclotron demonstrated its superiority in 1931.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik