straight
Example Sentences
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Perhaps Hollywood's publicists have told their stars to play it straight to avoid any viral mishaps in the social media age.
From BBC
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.2% premarket after recording its seventh record close of the year on Tuesday, with the index on track for a fourth straight winning day.
Netflix has signed a $72 billion deal, but Paramount, which is bidding nearly $78 billion for the whole company, has gone straight to shareholders and threatened to wage a board fight at the same time.
His mind went straight for the memory of the moving shadows on the bus.
From Literature
I wasn’t going to be able to put away another tiny teaspoon till I set things straight.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
