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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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The aircraft skidded along the highway, narrowly missing a long queue of morning traffic, and was followed by a thick plume of smoke.—
Ana Melgar,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: Roughly 2,600 gigawatts of project proposals — more than twice the power capacity currently supplying the grid — were in the interconnection queue at the end of 2023, DOE estimated.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Also only eight of the 10 teams are guaranteed state playoff games, so a tiebreaker procedure is in place, starting with wins/losses in the pool, then head-to-head matchups.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Last year, nonprofit Do No Harm unveiled a database of gender reassignment procedures carried out nationwide, reporting that Seattle Children’s Hospital was among the top providers for procedures in the country.—
TJ Martinell | The Center Square,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
8 Feb. 2025
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Background: Addressing gaps is not new for the legislator, who is an educator by profession and began teaching biology to students speaking English as a second language at Rogers High School in 1996.—
Alex Golden,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Boden triplets, who all entered the same medical profession, candidly never expected to find a department that could reasonably take on three new orthopedic surgeons in their specific specialties — spine, foot and ankle, and sports, respectively — at one time.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
30 Jan. 2025
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The warning was issued Sunday at 2:58 p.m., and the most recent report regarding this incident was released on Sunday at 3:35 p.m. Past Incidents in the last 12 hours: There were no traffic incidents reported in this area for the past 12 hours.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
2 Feb. 2025
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Trading for Anthony Davis surely helps in that area.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Major retailers including Publix and Lidl have already implemented egg purchase limits.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s energy wishes are likely to run into real-world limits, including the fact that U.S. oil production is already at record levels.—
Matthew Daly,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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However, no issues were found when the pipe was last inspected as required every five years.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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If anything, avoiding the need to lay gas pipes can make the process faster and cheaper.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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The change marks the end of an era for the organization, which was created in 1997 by a former VH1 executive and became a mainstay on the cable network’s programming slate.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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The news hole is shrinking not just on cable news, but also on the evening newscasts on the broadcast networks.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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The first-stage booster flew for the 21st time, one of four boosters with more than 20 flights among the SpaceX fleet.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2025
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This was once a bustling lumber town with a sawmill, its own railroad and shipping fleet, 10 hotels, 15 saloons, multiple dance halls — and a great back story.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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