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redline

[red-lahyn, red-lahyn] / ˈrɛdˌlaɪn, ˈrɛdˈlaɪn /




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“For something that’s such a huge chunk of the budget, I’d redline it more and see exactly what’s going to what,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Kazakhstan's Rybakina, whose power from the baseline is among the very best when she finds her groove, continued to redline in the second set.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

A lone rider leaves the redline at Union Station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

“AI must be guided in a direction that is conducive to the progress of humanity, so there should be a redline in AI development — a red line that must not be crossed,” without elaborating.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

They were past redline now, flying at 220 miles per hour and in danger of ripping the plane’s wings off.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Weber’s métier is working in industrial corridors in redlined neighborhoods helping communities of color heal from the effects of environmental and social ills, often a lengthy and collaborative process.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2024

The researchers also investigated the possible sources of the NO2 and PM2.5 emissions affecting the previously redlined areas.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

Historically redlined nonwhite communities, such as Boyle Heights, have less tree canopy and greater housing density than greenlined neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

In a statement Thursday, he said his administration “has taken significant steps to address the housing inequities of the past through substantial investments in formerly redlined communities.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

If you can get no information at all from automobile sources, you can make use—with great caution—of bicycle road maps, of the maps rather than the redlined routes.

From Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy

It brings to mind not just dressing and African-American fashions, but also the historically peripatetic nature of black communities due to the oppression of Jim Crow and redlining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The historically Black area, where many settled due to redlining east of Lake Avenue, “has definitely felt undervalued and overlooked in many ways,” Carmody said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025

But redlining forced many to settle west of Lake Avenue, where they found affordable homes, fewer housing restrictions and neighbors sharing the same struggles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

Insurance brokers who help affordable housing providers have been redoubling their efforts to overcome stereotypes, if not outright redlining discrimination, that historically tended to elevate rates in low-income neighborhoods.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

Although studying and writing about architecture is "more than a full-time job," Goldberger manages to keep abreast of the legal aspects of buildings as well, including tenants' rights, rent control, zoning laws and redlining.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard




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