blue line
noun
: either of two blue lines that divide an ice hockey rink into three equal zones and that separate the offensive and defensive zones from the center-ice neutral zone
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Connor gave the puck away trying a move at the offensive blue line before this clip.
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Murat Ates, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The horizontal blue lines indicate the boundaries of the move currently implied by May options.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
On Monday night, their entire blue line found a way.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The spiral galaxy being wrapped or lensed around the elliptical galaxy appears to be stretched and warped into a ring, with bright blue lines drawn through it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Murat Ates, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The horizontal blue lines indicate the boundaries of the move currently implied by May options.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
On Monday night, their entire blue line found a way.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
The spiral galaxy being wrapped or lensed around the elliptical galaxy appears to be stretched and warped into a ring, with bright blue lines drawn through it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Blue line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20line. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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