straight
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“We built more fiber than we had demand for and the price of telecommunications just went straight down.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Then they went straight to work changing his arsenal, bringing their newest reclamation project to the laboratory that has been reshaping the trajectory of pitchers’ careers for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
For the last two years she has been in agony, unable to stand straight and needing to wear incontinence pads.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
After lunch the children started coming and, as children always did, they went straight to Father.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But then Mulaney rounded the curve with a tongue-in-cheek reference to the “Bluey” dad controversy and I sat up straighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Martin Palafox, the second unit director on “Juiced” and one of the straighter shooters in “O.J. Unseen,” says, “I took the show because I needed to eat.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Showing greater consistency on the toss, not throwing the ball too far in front and keeping her wrist straighter have been MacMillan's pointers for a more reliable serve.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The finished bowl is bright enough to make you sit up a little straighter.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
And he snapped his legs together and got straighter than I had ever seen him, and he whipped his arm up, and saluted back.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
It’s the straightest thing about me, how little I know about astrology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
England's plan to Gill was clear after his success at Headingley: their lines were the straightest they have bowled at a batter in 16 years as the pace bowlers targeted the pads.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
From the Latin for "appropriate" or "straight," as if shaking muscles were the appropriate response, the straightest line the body has to shock.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022
Bright light also causes the pupil to contract, fostering a pinhole effect, which reduces distortion by limiting your eyes to the straightest and most focused light rays.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2022
“That said, do not presume to change a word of what I say. If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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