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as in procedures
a way of acting or proceeding
since the election, the president has taken a very conservative line
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as in professions
the activity by which one regularly makes a living
my line of business is "pre-owned" vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!
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as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line, but I'll see what I can do to help
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as in limits
a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior
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as in pipes
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line
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as in fleets
a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management
she owns a line of limousines
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as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler
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as in lineages
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
he comes from a noble line that goes back several centuries
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as in cues
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Recent Examples of lines
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2026
The owner hired security at all locations, delineated property lines and had employees update their emergency contact information.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Either way, the boat should be tied down to the ground or trees with lines and stakes.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Are future visions and social connections creating blurred lines around your sense of self?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 24 May 2026
American bourbon keeps finding new ways to evolve, and lately, the lines between sourcing, finishing, and regional identity have grown increasingly blurred.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Use diagonal parallel lines one time and then a concentric outline pattern the next time.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
Projects taking place near energized electric lines must also comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to electrical safety.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Personalization is one of the clearest dividing lines between a serious medical-adjacent program and a luxury spa with a glossier menu.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
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Most guests instinctively head to the larger front desk near the main valet and self-parking entrance, which means Thursday and Friday arrivals can turn into a wall of long lines by early afternoon.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 May 2026
The owner hired security at all locations, delineated property lines and had employees update their emergency contact information.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Either way, the boat should be tied down to the ground or trees with lines and stakes.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
Are future visions and social connections creating blurred lines around your sense of self?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 24 May 2026
American bourbon keeps finding new ways to evolve, and lately, the lines between sourcing, finishing, and regional identity have grown increasingly blurred.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Use diagonal parallel lines one time and then a concentric outline pattern the next time.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
Projects taking place near energized electric lines must also comply with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to electrical safety.
—Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Personalization is one of the clearest dividing lines between a serious medical-adjacent program and a luxury spa with a glossier menu.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lines
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Students at the University of Missouri in Columbia took the fad to record-setting new heights on March 5, 1974, when 600 or so naked folks ran past the historic columns on campus while a crowd of about 1,500 people cheered them on.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Second of two columns on transformation in defense technology and manufacturing.—
David Ignatius,
Washington Post,
14 May 2026
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Usually, the trial judges are familiar with most procedures — often much more than the counsel who appear before them.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Restaurants that receive more than 30 demerits are required to immediately fix the most critical violations and start corrective procedures on all the other violations within 48 hours.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
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Vulnerable professions include legal assistants, proofreaders, telephone operators and insurance claims clerks.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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This is already being seen in some professions previously predicted to be replaced by AI.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Pool areas also feature reef-safe sunscreen dispensers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Student enrollment will drop across the board, and certain areas of the country such as New England—which is home to a whole host of small private colleges and will be suffering from some of the harshest demographic decline—may start to be dotted by campus ghost towns.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Work was still being done on the open casino floor, which was off limits even for photography but is expected to accommodate around 1,200 people actively engaged in slot machines or table games.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Yet those strengths can also become limits when the problem increasingly depends on how other actors in the ecosystem move.—
Henrik Totterman,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Steel pipes and tendons provide tensile strength, while thatch and mud bear its crushing weight.—
Stefan Ionescu
May 20,
New Atlas,
20 May 2026
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Despite the mothballed plant's handsome brick exterior, inside it's filled with rattling pipes, hazard signs and cockroach carcasses.—
Ishan Thakore,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Despite being tethered to equipment with wires and tubes, the little boy managed to stand up near his wheelchair long enough to toss her a ball.—
Laura Ungar,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Comcast uses wires that were buried under your street sometime between the American Revolution and the invention of the salad fork, and has way more customers than Starlink.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
23 May 2026
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Designs were standardized within fleets but with enough variance from each other to keep the enemy stymied and not cause associations of a certain pattern with a certain type or class of ship.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
5 May 2026
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The plan is to offer the service to businesses with large EV fleets, reducing their overall power bills.—
TIm Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
4 May 2026
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“Lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lines. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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