straight line

Example Sentences

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A quick look at the chart shows a nearly straight line upward, and you wouldn’t be wrong to think they look ridiculously overbought.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

As JPMorgan’s stock chart shows, the march to a record close on Jan. 6 wasn’t a straight line.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

A show at Hauser & Wirth, “Sometimes a straight line has to be crooked,” puts Henry Taylor’s work in the same room with the work of his mentor, California Modernist James Jarvaise.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

On a flat surface, that path is simply a straight line.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Ess was now paddling in a straight line at Jinny.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder