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How to use straight-line in a sentence

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Every three or four months now, his straight-line commute becomes a triangle.
Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
The tax code allows for both straight-line depreciation and an accelerated cost recovery system.
Depreciation of furniture and equipment is computed on the straight-line basis over estimated useful lives of five to ten years.
The steering was responsive, the straight-line tracking was perfect, braking almost normal.
We have done a lot of work in the wind tunnels since and in straight-line gliding I'm one of the fastest skiers in the world.
Those inclined to make straight-line extrapolations from the events of a few news cycles should read some history.
Circular, rather than straight-line motion was the natural state of the Aristotelian celestial world.
Companies and their managers who steer straight-line courses do so at their own peril.
They could be relied upon to do it properly, often eschewing outright straight-line speed for a mesmeric blend of response, agility and feel.
Tracing the light back as a straight-line path, it appears to us that the star has shifted its position in the celestial sky.
It possessed no outstanding dynamic talent save raw, brutal, straight-line speed.
We have eliminated most of that in favor of mostly straight-line reporting relationships, clear lines of authority and delineation.
The straight-line distance was 12 miles, but the racing tides of the bay forced him to swim an extra two miles.
For those who are keen to sample the performance, the car displays super straight-line stability and poise.
Since impairment depends on market values, it will be much less predictable than straight-line amortization based on acquisition price.
I have been okay doing straight-line running, but there is no point in pushing it too hard, too quickly.
Five-year straight-line depreciation is applied to the equipment.
There should be a straight-line from the top of your head to your tail bone.
In May of 2003, severe straight-line windstorms struck the region, creating many small and a few large gaps.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Watt combined his straight-line linkage with a pantograph, one link becoming a member of the pantograph.
A similar machine depicted in Diderot's Encyclopdie, published several years later, did not employ the straight-line linkage.
Upon the coil M being energised, the kathode-ray is deflected from its straight-line course, and the drum V is left in darkness.
The day before, the Cytha had only run away, straight-line fleeing to keep ahead of them, to stay out of their reach.
Lenses of this kind are called rectilinear, or straight-line producing.
They are the straight-line engine, the V-type, and the radial.
Some have imitation half-tone patterns, straight-line designs, etc.
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