linear
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“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
And if my career has taught me anything, it’s that the linear path just was not how I got my job.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Calibration curves for all eight PAHs had R2 values above 0.99, indicating a highly linear and reliable measurement system.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Comcast’s Sky appears in a favorable position to negotiate given the linear TV part of ITV’s business is struggling and it won’t want to pay a big premium to buy it, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
As for Alvarez’s linear accelerator, Lawrence did not even submit an estimate—the device was too novel even to calculate a rough construction budget.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing linear
Expressions and Equations
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Algebra
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STAAR English I: Elements of Literature
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