as in died
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 flatlined
Contributing to cybersecurity staffing headaches, cybersecurity workforce growth worldwide has flatlined for the first time since 2019.
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Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
Overall, the number of college applicants jumped 11% in the 2023-24 school year, even as enrollment flatlined, the latest data from the Common Application found, suggesting more students are applying to the same schools.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
For example, revenues and net income at Nike flatlined from late 1997 through late 2003 but quadrupled over the next 20 years as growth resumed.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
Overall, the number of college applicants jumped 11% in the 2023-24 school year, even as enrollment flatlined, the latest data from the Common Application found, suggesting more students are applying to the same schools.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
For example, revenues and net income at Nike flatlined from late 1997 through late 2003 but quadrupled over the next 20 years as growth resumed.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatlined
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The poet and scholar, who died Monday at 81, was a gifted chronicler of the wonders and complexity of Black life—a talent buoyed by her warm, imaginative approach to both art and social change.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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In December 2012, 20 students and six adults died in the shooting at the school in Newtown, Conn.Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the exuberance, rage, and grief of the long-oppressed.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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It was even enlarged to incorporate two massive, historic elm trees that would have been felled to accommodate the structure otherwise.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
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After all, Juliette only discovers the place after everyone has perished on the ground outside.Mark Blankenship, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Cyrus, recently sober and obsessed with death, has lived a life punctuated by loss, beginning as a baby when his mother perished in a plane crash.Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Flatlined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatlined. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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