along the line
idiom
informal
: during a process or series of events : at some point in the past
He seems to have lost his interest in music somewhere along the line.
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The tree locations were approximated along the line between two intersections for each planting event using the sf library to sample points regularly along these lines.
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Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Teammates were lined up out wide along the line of scrimmage.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Walz moved along the line of students, laughing and posing for photos, but made no public reports at the airport.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
Somewhere along the line, a mutual connection might have thought: Aren’t X and Y both weirdly into Steely Dan?
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
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Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Teammates were lined up out wide along the line of scrimmage.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Walz moved along the line of students, laughing and posing for photos, but made no public reports at the airport.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
Somewhere along the line, a mutual connection might have thought: Aren’t X and Y both weirdly into Steely Dan?
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Along the line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/along%20the%20line. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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