flatlined

past tense of flatline

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Recent Examples of flatlined Surprisingly, OpenAI’s overall usage within enterprises completely flatlined from about October 2025 to December 2025. Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 The star flatlined twice and underwent a 10-hour surgery before he was put on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine for a week. Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Enrollment is declining across the board in traditional public schools as the national birthrate continues to fall, charter school enrollment remains robust, private school voucher use increases and the number of immigrant students has flatlined. Austin Horn july 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026 Last year, the stock flatlined despite big data center order growth. Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 July 2026 After the disappointment of Die, My Love, another star vehicle from an auteur director that flatlined at theaters, the distributor needs a win. Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026 For the past decade, the British economy has flatlined, while its population has become older, sicker, and no more productive. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 The organization's learning velocity has flatlined. John Winsor, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 After a busy April that featured multiple severe weather outbreaks across the United States, tornado activity has flatlined this month. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatlined
Verb
  • An 8-year-old has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba believed to have been encountered while swimming in a lake near her home, her family and health officials said.
    Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Four-year-old Mohammed Taha died after an Israeli airstrike hit a house in central Gaza on Sunday, hospital authorities said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Rincker, a German immigrant, was known for casting the bell that hung from the first Cook County Courthouse, which was felled by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Flatlined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatlined. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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