How to Use linter in a Sentence

linter

noun
  • The compiler, the type checker, the linter and the full test suite all run, and if a single one fails, the build fails.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Bemberg is produced in Japan from cotton linters, a pre-consumer byproduct of cottonseed oil, using a traceable closed-loop process.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The cotton is composed of two components, cotton linters from the cotton plant that’s not used in the textile industry and cotton side stream from yarn production.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Cotton linters, the short fibers left on cotton seeds after the longer fibers used to make textiles have been removed, can be treated chemically to make nitrocellulose.
    Elsa Ohlen,greg Kennedy, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • The Nobeoka plant is the sole production site for Bemberg, the trade name for cupro, a regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linters.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Enterprises are now embedding linters, security scanners, and deterministic workflows directly into the agentic loop.
    Mohith Shrivastava, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Cotton linters—the short fibers left on cottonseed after ginning—can be processed into nitrocellulose, a highly volatile, nitrogen-rich material known as guncotton that’s used as a primary ingredient in solid rocket propellants for ballistic missiles.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026

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