as in to die
to stop living
the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over
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Recent Examples of flatline
Since then, the number of democracies across the world—with durable governing institutions, peaceful rotations of power, and some semblance of law—has roughly flatlined.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Contributing to cybersecurity staffing headaches, cybersecurity workforce growth worldwide has flatlined for the first time since 2019.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
The move comes as inflation there moved further above the central bank's 2% target rate, while the British economy is flatlining at best.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
The bad news is that underlying inflation has flatlined, throwing into question what's to come in the new year.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Contributing to cybersecurity staffing headaches, cybersecurity workforce growth worldwide has flatlined for the first time since 2019.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
The move comes as inflation there moved further above the central bank's 2% target rate, while the British economy is flatlining at best.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
The bad news is that underlying inflation has flatlined, throwing into question what's to come in the new year.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatline
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Jeffrey Takeyama Jeffrey Takeyama, 69, died in the Palisades Fire.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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In Kansas, the State Child Death Review Board reported that no children died of fentanyl in 2017 through 2019, 11 died in 2020 and nine died in 2021.Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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On paper, the movie is a very American epic—the rise and fall of a master builder, told as extravagantly as possible on 70-millimeter VistaVision, a largely obsolete film format that was predominantly used in the 1950s and ’60s.David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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This is a negligible amount compared with the more than 3.5 inches that fall during that period in an average year.Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Decades later, in 2002, the truth was revealed at The Second World Space Congress—that is, Laika perished within hours of launching.Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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More than 100,000 Dutch Jews perished—roughly 75 percent of the country’s Jewish population.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Flatline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatline. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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