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[lin-ee-er] / ˈlɪn i ər /






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“Anytime you see parabolic moves or linear vertical moves, that’s telling you that it’s less about a sober assessment of a company’s prospects on a straight valuation basis than it is about people chasing momentum.”

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Where “World War II With Tom Hanks” goes very right is by forgoing a linear approach to history.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"Here we have two hominin species that are together. And human evolution is not linear, it's a bushy tree, there are life forms that go extinct."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Angel Delgadillo’s papers, donated to Northern Arizona University, take up 23 linear feet in the school’s Cline Library.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Though quadratic equations are more complicated than linear equations, there is a simple way to figure out what the roots of a quadratic equation are.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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