flatline
Britishverb
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to die or be so near death that the display of one's vital signs on medical monitoring equipment shows a flat line rather than peaks and troughs
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to remain at a continuous low level
Example Sentences
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A closer look at its weekly chart shows that it decisively broke above its 50 week simple moving average, which is now starting to flatline, in late February.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
You’re going up, up, up, and then you flatline.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
Headline inflation could flatline through next year, and is only expected to return to the BOT’s 1%-3% target range by early 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Sainsbury's has forecast that shop profits will flatline or fall in the coming year as the supermarket sector gears up for a price war.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025
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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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