straight
Example Sentences
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He has enjoyed immense success at club level, winning three straight Serie A titles with Juventus, a Premier League and FA Cup with Chelsea and two more league crowns with Inter Milan and Napoli.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Nike faces fiercer local competition and cooling consumer demand in China, experiencing sales declines for seven straight quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
That marks two straight quarters of drops, its longest losing streak since a three-quarter losing streak that ended in late 2022—just before the launch of ChatGPT, which kicked off the current artificial-intelligence boom.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Tampa Bay’s Nick Fortes fouled a 100-mph fastball from Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski straight back.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
She’s heading to campus today, so her hair is straight and she’s wearing her professor clothes: black pants and a pale blue top with small silver studs in her ears.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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