straight
Example Sentences
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"Bones are overly smooth, spines unnaturally straight, lungs overly symmetrical, blood vessel patterns excessively uniform, and fractures appear unusually clean and consistent, often limited to one side of the bone."
From Science Daily
"The cramps around my womb and my belly were just horrible. Even the back pain, it's just hard standing up straight, let alone sprinting or running," she said.
From BBC
Policymakers held the rate at 4% for the third straight meeting Thursday, but said inflation will likely force its hand in the near future.
It was a second straight quarter in the red for the Chinese shopping-and-delivery platform, which swung to a loss in the third quarter for the first time in three years.
After three straight years of big gains, this year has been a rocky one for Palantir, with shares down nearly 13% as of Wednesday.
From Barron's
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