straight
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Castellano and his co-founder, Nebiyu Demie, who met working campus jobs as freshman computer science students, moved out of the dorms and straight into an apartment complex owned by their investors, Cambridge-based Link Ventures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
"So if you sell a player for £40m from then, you can only solve £13m of your financial problems straight away."
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The Aristocrats—companies that have raised their dividends for at least 25 straight years —have managed to grind out a 2.4% return in 2026 through March 31, including dividends.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Netflix ordered “The Corrections” straight to series, meaning the drama will skip the pilot phase and likely take a fast track to release.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
“I’ll get straight to it. We need to know where to find Hesterfowl.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.