linear
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As for portfolio allocation, we assumed the retiree follows a linear shift in asset mix, starting with 50% stocks at age 65 and moving to 0% in stocks at age 95.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Crews have already covered the fragile area with 4,500 linear feet of wattles, long tubes whose natural fibers hold soil in place, the National Park Service said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Americans are sold a linear understanding of professional sports.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Researchers would need to move beyond strictly linear models and examine processes that happen simultaneously, influence one another, and change as a person interacts with the surrounding world.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
When passenger pigeons found an area with grain or nuts to eat, they formed a long, linear front that advanced forward, heads peck-peck- pecking at the ground.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing linear
Expressions and Equations
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Algebra
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STAAR English I: Elements of Literature
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