How to Use linear in a Sentence

linear

adjective

• Of course, approval of the Supreme Court isn’t a linear trend.
  — Cooper Burton, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• Next, the researchers in his lab made a linear incision in the skin of the mice.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• This is linear, and this is streaming at the same time.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 13 Sep. 2022
• But, much like the road to success, the episodes' timeline is not linear.
  — Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• The fairly linear melody at the start of the first verse certainly captures the vibe.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• What if biopics of Black men and women weren’t so linear and grandiose?
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• In most gym movements, the weight follows a linear path.
  — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• Live sports keeping linear TV alive has been the case for many years now.
  — Alex Sherman, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
• Our review unit is equipped with the former, a linear switch.
  — PCMAG, 26 May 2024
• Wednesday night proved growth in the NBA is rarely linear, and showed just how far Houston has to come.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Dec. 2022
• The all-in figure is more than three times the show’s same-day, linear audience.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
• Though, keep in mind that healing is not always a linear process.
  — Claire Gillespie, Health, 1 May 2023
• The controls work better here than in the open world because of how much more linear the levels are.
  — George Yang, Variety, 7 Nov. 2022
• Cyclical planning of the supply chain based on a linear process belongs to the '80s era.
  — Cyrus Hadavi, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Parks and Recreation: The Wharf is a mile-long linear park with swings and lounge chairs overlooking the water.
  — Amy Worden, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• Ryan seems to have little in common with the über-famous child stars of linear TV.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
• This isn't to say, though, that your healing journey will be linear or easy.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• And the league has sought out ways to get its games on new platforms while still keeping them on broadcast and linear TV.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
• The shows will go out on both a linear service and a digital platform.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
• But this prediction is not based on a linear birth rate.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• This process of decay has not been linear or uniform across the island.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2023
• Bates' journey to this point has been anything but linear.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
• That’s why Cannondale built a downhill bike with a progressive link to drive the (coil) spring and a linear one to drive the damper.
  — Seb Stott, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
• And most of those studies suggest that kind of linear causal effect.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 8 June 2024
• But no Piston's growth curve has been as non-linear as Killian Hayes'.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2022
• Though Perez helped stock the shelves and clean up the store as a kid, his involvement with the family’s restaurant wasn’t a linear path.
  — Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
• And remember, even with the best prospects, success isn’t linear.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• If Final Cut's wheels are not to your taste, the Color Board shows a linear view of your color settings.
  — PCMAG, 30 June 2024
• Galindo adds that attachment is a long game—and progress isn’t linear.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
• The heart of the home is a great room with a dramatic high ceiling, a wall of windows and a modern, 72-inch linear gas fireplace.
  — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024