- a variation of linn.
lin
1 Americannoun
abbreviation
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lineal.
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linear.
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liniment.
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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
So she grouped recipes that included robust gai lin, mustardy choy sum, even lettuce.
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.—Ju pli mi lin konas, des pli mi lin amas = The more I know him, the more I love him.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by George Cox
“More hardware is being built, but the need for compute is rising faster than the ability to build GPUs and CPUs,” Shashua tells the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Belle Lin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
On Monday, the company announced that Lin, who was previously a producer known for “The Lego Movie” and “It,” was leaving and Rice would take over until a new film head is chosen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After Bajaria was pushed out, many people in the industry expected Lin would be next, according to sources who declined to be named because they were not authorized to comment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Rong-Gong Lin II and Hannah Fry contributed to this report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Still, I couldn’t bear to think of leaving Lin Nai-Nai.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
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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
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He adds that a 10-hour day's work for a gang is 63 lin. ft. of single 6-ft. conduit containing 47.4 cu. yds. of concrete and 1,260 sq. ft. of expanded metal.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
The arch averaged 1.2 cu. yds. per lin. ft. of tunnel.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
The contractor was paid 10 cents per lin. ft. of pipe manufactured and 10 cents per lin. ft. laid.
From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by George Robert Graham Conway
The total cost of the sewers, including excavation, etc., was: Cost per lin. ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
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