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
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
Mi ne sciis, ke vi konas lin = I did not know that you knew him.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
"There is no such thing as so-called wrongful detention," the ministry's spokesman Lin Jian said.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“That pushes capital flows toward BHP almost by default from investors who want some AI-linked exposure but are constrained to the local market, whether by mandate or simple home bias,” said Lin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Times staff writers Summer Lin and Allen Schaben contributed to to this report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Lin Jiang, a professor in the Department of Economics at Sun Yat-sen University, argues that the rise of the loneliness economy is the result of both changing social structures and technological development.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
Perhaps a Shao Lin priest could have anticipated some of the more exaggerated movements, but these men were hardly trained adversaries.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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
The cost, therefore, is: 1 man $3.50 2 men at $1.75 3.50 —— $7.00 They averaged 13 ft. daily, or at a total cost of about $0.54 per lin. ft. of sewer.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Summing up, we have the following as the cost per lineal foot for lining this single-track tunnel with concrete: Per lin. ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
Iron Pipe, 162.5 lin. ft. at .50 81.25 30″ Corr.
From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.
In the first half of this tunnel it averaged 1.8 cu. yds. per lin. ft., while in the second half it averaged nearly 2.4 cu. yds. per lin. ft.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
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