linear
Example Sentences
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Sports have become a key driver for streaming subscriptions and linear TV viewership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
“They watch it on linear and they watch it on Paramount+, where it’s consistently been a top streaming performer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Viewers have shifted away from linear TV, and while Disney has switched its focus to growing its Disney+ streaming platform, that’s proven expensive and, until recently, unprofitable.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
Pierson notes that the songs were more "linear and traditional" than the scattergun silliness of their earlier work.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Certainly if the theory of heavy neutron bombardment was sound, then the linear accelerator was the right type of machine.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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