lin
noun
a variant of linn.
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- a variation of linn.
lin
1 American
[lin]
/ lɪn /
noun
Lin
2
American
[lin]
/ lɪn /
lin.
3
American
abbreviation
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lineal.
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linear.
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liniment.
Example Sentences
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The Labor Department’s independent watchdog launched an audit lin August of how officials responded to the surge in child labor violations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Most of us think of just stir-frying or sautéing bok choy, gai lin and their many associates.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
TULSA, Okla. — Tai Lavatai scored a game-winning touchdown from the 1-yard lin e in the fourth quarter and Navy defeated Tulsa 20-17 on Friday night.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
The vote was the first major political test for Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras since a left-wing party abandoned his coalition government lin June.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2013
Example.—Mi neniam vidis lin = I never saw him.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
"I remember the first time I looked through the electron microscope and saw those crystals," said Lin.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
"The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics," Judge Rita Lin said in a 59-page decision seen by AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
District Judge Rita F. Lin of the Northern District of California said in her decision that the government had illegally retaliated against Anthropic, deeming it a supply-chain risk “for constitutionally protected expressive activities.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
US district judge Rita Lin said in the ruling that citing national security "is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
I had forgotten that Lin Nai-Nai’s family lived in Wuchang.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
Chamberlain said, “I’ve been talking with Buck- lin. He’s told me your problem.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Its total cost was $850,000 or $638.85 per lin. ft., or $10.63 per cu. yd. of masonry.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
The work was done by contract, at 45 cts. per lin. ft. of the curb and gutter shown in Fig.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
Records kept on 265 ft. of invert, or, theoretically, 19.3 cu. yds. of concrete, gave the following figures: Per lin. ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
Right-of-Way Costs 49.98 Construction: Crushed Stone Shoulders, 163,663.4 lin. ft.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by S. Benson
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