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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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Noun
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 queues for memory requests by resources were extended to allow more data to be in motion at once.—
Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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Here are 12 must-listen leadership podcasts for women to add to your queue.—
Cynthia Pong, JD,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Gene therapies often require complicated procedures to deliver them.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Agencies conducting mass layoffs for reorganization purposes must go through certain procedures, including providing employees with 60 days' notice.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Art critic Eva Diaz, writing for ArtReview, says that Of the ‘creative’ pursuits, architecture is among the most dependent on big piles of capital in order to get its work off the ground: patronage is a constitutive yoke of the profession.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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And coming back to any profession following a stroke of any magnitude is not easy.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Identify scenarios where human oversight is essential and prevent inappropriate AI autonomy over sensitive business areas.—
Brent Dykes,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Strong storm system to move through KC area The weather service said a strong weather system moves in Friday, bringing the chance for rain showers and thunderstorms.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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While the city remains a top cruise destination, authorities have implemented measures to better manage the influx of visitors, including limits on cruise ship arrivals.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, many stores have implemented purchasing limits, restricting the number of cartons that customers can buy at one time.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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White did take the opportunity, before Friday’s qualifiers, to serve as a forerunner in the pipe alongside 10-year-old Paizley White (no relation), a Whitespace team rider.—
Michelle Bruton,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Some Russian troops had spent several days in the pipe before striking Ukrainian units from the rear near the town of Sudzha, blogger Yuri Podolyaka claimed.—
Joanna Kozlowska,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2025
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And never mind that Verizon already has a $2.4 billion, 15-year contract to replace all that copper wire with lightning-fast fiber-optic cables.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The show garnered 73% of the cable news share at that time.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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An older fleet with less next-generation design and technology is also less fuel efficient.—
Oliver Wyman,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Relying on existing satellite navigation signals would offload some of the demand for these ground stations and perhaps reduce the need for a dedicated fleet of navigation satellites in lunar orbit.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/line. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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