plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
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streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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The big dollars that the streamers spent over the last decade for entertainment only is now going to both entertainment and sports.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
One streamer contacted us to point to an Australia Media and Communications Authority (AMCA) report released last Friday, which showed a slightly different set of to figures to those at Screen Australia.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Silo is one of several excellent Apple TV shows that begins with the letter ‘S’ joining other hits like Shrinking, Slow Horses and Severance (just to name a few) as must-watch series on the streamer.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
After all, the series is the streamer’s biggest hit to date and has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards and six Emmys (including for drama series, lead actor for Lee Jung-jae and directing for creator Hwang Dong-hyuk).
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
One streamer contacted us to point to an Australia Media and Communications Authority (AMCA) report released last Friday, which showed a slightly different set of to figures to those at Screen Australia.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Silo is one of several excellent Apple TV shows that begins with the letter ‘S’ joining other hits like Shrinking, Slow Horses and Severance (just to name a few) as must-watch series on the streamer.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
After all, the series is the streamer’s biggest hit to date and has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards and six Emmys (including for drama series, lead actor for Lee Jung-jae and directing for creator Hwang Dong-hyuk).
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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