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linear

[lin-ee-er] / ˈlɪn i ər /






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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