straight line
Example Sentences
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The researchers addressed this by using the shortest path in their geometric model of color perception rather than relying on a simple straight line.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Past and present don’t collide so much as they fuse together; they aren’t two opposing places in time, but rather, a straight line.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Antonelli accepted he was at fault for that, saying: "I was definitely too optimistic. I also took a massive bump and I almost spun in a straight line so also that induced the lock-up."
From BBC • May 23, 2026
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
Having caught the attention of the concert crowd, Trey strode in a near straight line toward me, picnic blankets be damned, stumbling over the edge of the last one, shooting it a dirty look.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
