as in to die
to stop living
the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over
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Recent Examples of flatline
Since then, the number of democracies across the world—with durable governing institutions, peaceful rotations of power, and some semblance of law—has roughly flatlined.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Contributing to cybersecurity staffing headaches, cybersecurity workforce growth worldwide has flatlined for the first time since 2019.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
The move comes as inflation there moved further above the central bank's 2% target rate, while the British economy is flatlining at best.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
The bad news is that underlying inflation has flatlined, throwing into question what's to come in the new year.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Contributing to cybersecurity staffing headaches, cybersecurity workforce growth worldwide has flatlined for the first time since 2019.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
The move comes as inflation there moved further above the central bank's 2% target rate, while the British economy is flatlining at best.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
The bad news is that underlying inflation has flatlined, throwing into question what's to come in the new year.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adding his own personal perspective as a filmmaker living with disability, Davenport weaves an engrossing, moving and most importantly confrontational movie about the right to die and disability justice.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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The filmmaker's grandfather on his mother's side, who died before Coogler was born, and his Uncle James, who passed away during the making of Creed, were from Mississippi.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Stunning stat: The snow that has fallen so far in New Orleans exceeds the January snowfall so far in the Twin Cities as well as Anchorage, Alaska.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The burden often falls disproportionately on families, particularly caregivers, who navigate waitlists, insurance battles, and limited resources.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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An additional five animals at a private animal sanctuary in Colorado — two tigers, one lion, a mountain lion and a fox — also perished from eating the food.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The thousands who have lost so much in the Los Angeles wildfires will soon wrestle with how to rebuild the lives that perished with their homes.—
Billy Witz,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Flatline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatline. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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