straight line
Example Sentences
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Like any system that depends on compounding interest — earning a return on the interest in addition to the principal — your investments rarely move in a straight line.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
The supply chain is a straight line of dependencies: Filipino consumers rely on Vietnamese rice, and Vietnamese farmers rely on Chinese fertiliser.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
A show at Hauser & Wirth, “Sometimes a straight line has to be crooked,” puts Henry Taylor’s work in the same room with the work of his mentor, California Modernist James Jarvaise.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
The chart of the past few weeks traces a straight line upward, which means that many investors who wanted more exposure to the sector have already bought in.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Siren and Stentor were trained for the work, so they knew to draw the wagon in a straight line, knocking a corn row down.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
