flatlining

present participle of flatline

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flatlining The rest are flatlining or folding entirely. Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Despite a global pandemic flatlining the music industry, Hynes contributed to albums by Lorde and Turnstile, crafted film scores for Passing and Master Gardener, and just last year penned some original music for the Broadway play Job. Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatlining
Verb
  • Only action will keep our kids from dying.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Dido’s wonderfully operatic dying curse on her former lover foreshadows the future wars between her people and the descendants of the treacherous Trojans.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And customers are falling for it.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Other big stories ➤ The median rent on a one-bedroom Phoenix-area apartment is falling after the region led the nation in price increases in 2021.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Flatlining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatlining. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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