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as in profession
the activity by which one regularly makes a living
my line of business is "pre-owned" vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!
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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line, but I'll see what I can do to help
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as in limit
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior
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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line
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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler
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as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
he comes from a noble line that goes back several centuries
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as in to line up
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as in to fence
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Recent Examples of line
Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
Bears fans weren’t worried, though, as four-star slinger Austin Novosad was in line to sign to the program when the early signing period opened.
—Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
Lisa Krajci was first in line at Ray's Wine and Spirits in Wauwatosa Wednesday and waited to meet her favorite baller from her childhood − legendary basketball player Scottie Pippen.
—Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
Unlike the other two phones in this line, the highest amount of storage is 256GB.
—Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2023
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Under the existing water-rights system, that makes the district among the last in line to be required to take cuts in a shortage.
—Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
Bears fans weren’t worried, though, as four-star slinger Austin Novosad was in line to sign to the program when the early signing period opened.
—Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
Lisa Krajci was first in line at Ray's Wine and Spirits in Wauwatosa Wednesday and waited to meet her favorite baller from her childhood − legendary basketball player Scottie Pippen.
—Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
Unlike the other two phones in this line, the highest amount of storage is 256GB.
—Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for line
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Prince Harry’s upcoming Netflix show POLO is galloping into queues this December, and fans can officially mark the premiere date down.Janine Henni, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Expect both batches of virtual queue slots to disappear in seconds each day during the initial opening of the new attraction.Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
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January 5 - The Pentagon announces US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on New Year’s Day for complications from a medical procedure.CNN, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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When situations occur that could impact safety, the district has policies and procedures in place.Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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The unimpressed-looking stoic bride was captured munching on a snack while the groom addressed an endearing profession of love to her as her wedding party looked on.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Artists and entrepreneurs need to invent new human-centric professions where the soon-to-be-abundant human labor capacity can be shifted.Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Deep Sea Vision and its CEO, Romeo, did some navigational math and came up with a possible area for a crash site, sending marine archeologists and its HUGIN 6000 submersible vehicle to scan the depths of the ocean 1,600 meters at a time, the company said in a statement early this year.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
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The quick rise of new-collar jobs The quick technological transformation of businesses prioritizes factual skills over academic diplomas —especially in IT and other rapidly developing areas the classic ‘academia’ cannot keep up with.Hilary Tetenbaum, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
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The new standard lowers carbon intensity limits and accelerates those limits into the 2040s.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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In other words, adopting Amendment 2 won’t change any existing fishing regulations or the agency’s ability to set seasons, bag limits, or methods, and sportsmen will still have to purchase fishing and hunting licenses.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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Info about pipe materials wasn't available for about 120,000 customers, SWBNO said last month.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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Just minutes later, another man reported that a suspect had struck him in the head with a metal pipe and robbed him.Landon Mion, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2024
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This is the best long cable in our best USB-C cables guide.Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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DirecTV launched in 1994 and Dish followed in 1996, and the two satellite TV companies provided robust competition to incumbent cable TV operators.Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Natural Gas Services Group continues to focus on renting larger horsepower compressors and optimizing its existing fleet to improve profitability.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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China is the world’s second-largest domestic aviation market after the U.S. Boeing has said China will more than double its commercial airplane fleet and need 8,830 new planes by 2043.Reuters, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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